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Robert D. Shaner got off the ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-475] and explored [Annotator's Note: after they landed...

Paul Sparacino [Annotator's Note: Sparacino served aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5) during Operation Dominic, series of...

[Annotator's Note: Billy Grieves served in the Navy aboard the submarine USS Thresher (SS-200).] The islands [Annotator...

Melvin Munch was part of the invasion of Okinawa when it commenced on Easter Sunday in April 1945. He rode a landing...

William Currier's first seagoing engagement was aboard the USS Hall (DD-583) as part of a task group that escorted...

Frederick Ellis was born in Amite, Louisiana in October 1924. His father's business failed in the Great Depression and...

Marion Labauve was born in February 1924 in Plaquemine, Louisiana. He was in the depression [Annotator's Note: the...

Vernon Micheel first flew with the whole air group on the morning of 4 June [Annotator's Note: Battle of Midway, 4 to 7...

Davis Gordon Mayes heard about the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan through the radio receivers while he was...

Alexander Vraciu knew that the next time they saw air action it would be part of a landing somewhere. When his group...

After the war, Joseph Barger took advantage of the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

After Orville Bethard was discharged he used his GI Bill benefits to take classes at Compton Junior College for a...

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