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Windom Joseph Burton went into Navy boot camp in Norfolk [Annotator's Note: Norfolk, Virginia] and was then sent for...

Lenwood Steglich joined the Navy [Annotator’s Note: enlisting in September 1942] because all his friends were going...

Robert Dickinson's training took place on one of the old S-boats. [Annotator's Note: The United States' S-class...

Before going out on duty at Picket Station Number 1 the men of the Laffey saw all sorts of damage to ships while docked...

William Hill was assigned to the USS Bonefish (SS-223) in the role of the quartermaster. His duty included standing...

Fred Gemmel [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 2nd Class assigned to the USS Laffey (DD-724)] headed to the Philippines,...

Martin Carmody did his flight training at Corpus Christi, Texas. When he graduated nine months later he was sent to San...

When Robert Freligh got out of the navy he went back to school at Albion College in Albion, Michigan. They had to go to...

Paul Ignatius’ most memorable experience of World War 2 was getting through it, surviving and coming out to lead a...

Arthur Killam kept up with some of the guys he served with in the US Navy during the war but never went to any of the...

Alvin Sniff did numerous trips to the Mediterranean Sea while he was a career Navy man. He recalled when the Navy...

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