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David Thomason used the G.I. Bill in 1950 after having just gotten married. He went back to farming several acres of...

In July 1945, Peter Hebert enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and was sent to San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego,...

Lawrence Winnier ate well on his ships [Annotator's Note: the USS Guadalupe (AO-32) and the USS Argonne (AS-10)]...

When Fergus Van Wart was aboard ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bergen (APA-150)], the thing that frightened him more than...

James William Grimes kept in touch with his family by writing letters occasionally. He had a girlfriend in high school...

William Leibold has been contacted numerous times by groups attempting to research various things. Leibold noted how...

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

Wilbur Rogers' discharge was based on the convenience of the government and was affected at New Orleans, Louisiana on...

Carl Rieman was born in Washington D.C., the only boy of the three children in the family. He lived in the suburbs of...

Paul Sartori Jr. was in the Philippines when the atomic bombs were dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped...

Delewski took part in the Normandy operation. That was the first time the Laffey saw action. He was put in charge of...

Ervin Lloyd Rasmussen was on many islands [Annotator's Note: in the Pacific Ocean] but the names escape him. There was...

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