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Phoutrides took part in the Normandy invasion. He knew what was happening but couldn't understand the enormity of the...

Joseph Hartmann was born in September 1925 in Patterson, New Jersey. He had two sisters that are younger. In the...

W. P. “Bill” Allen was a Navy medic assigned to the USS LST-523 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank]. He developed...

William Leo Spaetgens returned to Treasure Island near San Francisco after his leave at home. At that point, he was...

During his initial trip to London [Annotator's Note: London, England], Robert Fitz had his first experience with "buzz...

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

Annotator’s Note: there is a person assisting the interviewee with answering Interviewer’s questions throughout the...

Alois Kopp enlisted in the Navy in September 1937 despite the fact he could not swim. He learned fast. He volunteered...

In England, Leon Schafer went through a series of training periods. The ship's [Annotator's Note: USS LST-502] crew had...

Robert Martin was in the service from August [Annotator's Note: 14 August 1945] until the day before he was 21 years...

Herbert Fontenot went to Camp Wallace, Texas for Navy boot camp. He had no problem with the weather but wearing boots...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Charles Walker what his most memorable experience was.] While he was flying P-...

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