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Elliott, Norman Prewar Life and Enlisting
Norman Elliott was born in November 1926 and raised in East Hartford, Connecticut. He had an older brother.
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Elliott, Norman Seeing Action
Norman Elliott and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Pasadena (CL-65)] saw some action while in the Pacific.
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Ellis, Frederick Assigned A Black Officer
Frederick Ellis's points were up, and he was entitled to go home.
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Ellis, Frederick First Kamikaze
Frederick Ellis was sent to Hollandia, New Guinea.
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Ellis, Frederick Great Depression to Gunnery Officer
Frederick Ellis was born in Amite, Louisiana in October 1924. His father's business failed in the Great Depression and they were very poor.
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Ellis, Frederick Occupation Duties
Shortly after Frederick Ellis reached Japan and the point system was in place for sending them home.
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Ellis, Frederick Postwar Thoughts
Frederick Ellis was relieved [Annotator's Note: of his command of USS LST-1026] and went to San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisc
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Ellis, Frederick Shake-down Cruise and Deployment
Frederick Ellis had a roommate at Tulane [Annotator's Note: Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana] named Eddie Martin.
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Ellis, Frederick Ship Routines
It was routine that every morning and every night, Frederick Ellis would go to general quarters.
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Ellis, Frederick Taking Australians to Borneo
Frederick Ellis and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-751] went back and forth among the islands in the Pacific on resupply runs.
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Ellis, Frederick War Ends and Arriving in Yokohama
Everywhere that Frederick Ellis went there was an officer's club. The enlisted men never got that.
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Ellis, Frederick Worst Combat
Frederick Ellis had seven 40mm guns [Annotator's Note; Bofors 40mm automatic cannon] and 12 20mm guns [Annotator's Note: Oerlikon 20mm au