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David Foerster was in the Azores when the war ended in Europe and Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano...

Joseph Brannan was based for a time in Leghorn, Italy as the city was called in English. It is referred to as Livorno...

Edward Thomas Toole thought transitioning to the Army was easy. He was a commissioned officer. It was interesting to...

Edward Thomas Toole's most memorable moment was when Japan surrendered. That meant the war was over. That was a...

W. P. “Bill” Allen was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in May 1925. He was raised in Murfreesboro and went to school...

Robert Fitz crossed the Atlantic [Annotator's Note: Atlantic Ocean] 11 times during his service with the Navy Armed...

Winfield K. "Win" Zerphey was born in October 1924 in the small town of Floren outside of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. He...

Anthony Bianconi [Annotator's Note:a musician and ammunition loader on the USS Philadelphia (CL-41)] went from North...

Alex Carter Sr. went to boot camp in Norfolk, Virginia. He wanted to go to Vicksburg, Mississippi for welding school,...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer went to Mobile, Alabama to board his assigned ship - the Landing Ship, Tank USS LST-502...

Robert Martin went to Plymouth, England [Annotator's Note: on the USS LST-515]. While they were in England went to a...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Walker enlisted in the Navy in January 1945.] He went into the V-5 Program [Annotator's Note...

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