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William Leo Spaetgens and his Navy crewmates aboard the Liberty Ship SS Leslie M. Shaw (MC-0440) were all new to the...

Irvin C. Klimas is not sure the war itself changed him. Changing his life to go to the Navy for 38 months gave him a...

Edward Dunne [Annotator's Note: a crewmember aboard the USS LST-53] did not like the Germans or the Japanese. He still...

After serving in World War 2 in the Navy, Charles Taylor served with the Secret Service for over 25 years, from...

Joseph Brannan was changed by the Second World War. He had started college prior to the war, but was not enthusiastic...

Carl C. Bartels, M.D. [Annotator's Note: Doctor of Medicine] was part of a GROPAC Unit [Annotator's Note: GROPAC Units...

John Edmund Murman was born in March 1926 in Brooklyn, New York as an only child. His father served in the Marines...

Gerald Rupert was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania and grew up about 40 miles south of there [Annotator's Note: in South...

Winfield Zerphey and the airplane's crew were granted liberty after flying several missions. He and a few other men...

Robert Martin wanted to join the Navy because his friend had gone in before he did. He was a year or two older than him...

W. P. “Bill” Allen was assigned to the USS LST-523 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] which hit a mine not far the...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was on occupation duty in Kagoshima, Japan after the war ended.] The invasion [...

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