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Ralph Marcarelli reacted badly to inoculations when he entered the Navy at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. He missed boot...

Robert Templet was aboard the USS Roxanne (AKA-37) when the Japanese surrendered. During the course of the war, the...

Childers was born in Sherman, California. When he was young, his parents move the family to the Oklahoma.When he was...

Louis Block was born in December 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up and went to school there. He lost his mother at...

Claude Taylor married his wife after graduating LSU [Annotator's Note: Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge,...

Norman Sterrie finished flight training in the summer of 1940 [Annotator's Note: Sterrie had entered the Navy in...

Fred Bergeron was waiting for a battle like Midway. He was very upset at what had been happening to them. He saw the...

Ferrier was born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts. His father died and was buried on his 13th birthday. His...

Jack Pierce had a good job offer on the West Coast. He tried to get discharged there, but they would not do it. He...

One of Karr's uncles was an original member of the American Legion when it was founded in Paris in World War I. Another...

O’Hearn “Duffy” Vincent Dufour joined the Navy [Annotator’s Note: in 1940] in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New...

Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. had a good life aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Tippecanoe (AO-21)]. He had multiple...

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