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Irvin C. Klimas' interest was in college, and he applied to a few colleges. He was accepted at Carnegie Tech [Annotator...

William Cassady was born in June 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His family moved to New Orleans [Annotator’s Note...

Charles Taylor was assigned to the USS Absecon (AVP-23) as the catapult officer. His job was to make sure the plane was...

After the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot the action really slowed down for Alex Vraciu. There was a lot of argument over...

Carl C. Bartels, M.D. [Annotator's Note: Doctor of Medicine] knew nothing about the invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day;...

Solis “Sol” Kaslow was born in 1925 [Annotator’s Note: he grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. His father worked on...

Curt Simmons served as a US Navy Armed Guard gunner aboard merchant ships. Even at the start of the war there were...

Theodore Vallas was one of the first pilots to be catapulted off an aircraft carrier. There was risk in the water ahead...

The invasion at Ormoc Bay was small and consisted mainly of destroyers and rocket firing landing craft.The Laffey [...

Joseph R. Romano used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was...

Harold Beal wanted to go into the Navy because he got around his father’s boat quite well. He was in the Navy for four...

William Leo Spaetgens was pulled out of the Navy Armed Guard in January 1945. Many men were removed from that service...

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