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Floyd Stahl was born in October 1924 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He grew up on a farm near Alto, Michigan. He was the...

[Annotator's Note: Floyd Stahl was assigned to the minesweeper USS Sway (AM-120).] On the troopship over [Annotator's...

As a "lowly naval officer", Milton Muelder knew his opinion that the plans in place were "no damn good," and decided...

William Cassady [Annotator’s Note: serving aboard the USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)] remembers German intelligence was...

Alois Kopp volunteered to go on the USS Houston (CA-30) in 1939 for deployment overseas. The ship was stationed in...

Robert "Bob" Lowry went to Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Great Lakes, North Chicago, Illinois] for boot...

[Annotator's Note: After the war ended in Europe, David Foerster was assigned to a hurricane tracking crew out of Key...

On 5 June 1944, the squadron was about to take off to rendezvous with the mine sweepers when Solis “Sol” Kaslow, who...

Herbert Fontenot joined the Navy because it was the only branch that would accept him at 16 years of age. He loved his...

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

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

Harold Beal remembers the paratroopers could not do much for them on the beach, but by the end of the day, they were up...

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