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Donald Dean had been impressed when he first saw the brand new ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Balduck (APD-132)]. The...

James N. Rizzo sailed overseas to the Pacific. He did not travel with his whole group [Annotator's Note: 553rd Air...

Jules Desloge Brown was born in 1923 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. His father was a colonel in the cavalry of the Army....

Paul J. Murphy [Annotator’s Note: a fire controlman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] sailed to San Francisco [...

Paul Harless was born in Corryton, Tennessee in December 1921. His father worked in various jobs during the Great...

[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone served in the US Marine Corps as a member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] While...

Gravois had had plenty of amphibious landing training. He also had a lot of combat training in boot camp. He did a lot...

Claude Shannahan’s unit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Marine Raider Battalion] was relieved and shipped to New...

Leo Denault finished school in June and went into the service on 16 August 1943. He went to basic training in Gulfport...

Paul Amrod made a combat landing at Inchon, South Korea, where the occupation took place without a shot fired. His...

Fred Wesighan has visited New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] but has never been to The National...

Calvin Moore left boot camp in September 1943. He attended his sister's funeral and returned in time to be shipped out...

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