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The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

Robert "Bob" Lowry and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-538] finally got beached and dropped out of the convoy [...

After Ernest Barber was drafted into the army, he was inducted at Camp Shelby [Annotator’s Note: Camp Shelby,...

Paul Rothenheber went to Rhode Island for a six week boot camp. He did alot of marching and took many classes. He was...

Jack Madden took his basic training for the United States Navy in Newport, Rhode Island. He originally signed up to...

Jack Madden was transported on the old 40 and 8 train cars to his destination [Annotator's Note: following PT boat...

Joseph Hartmann remembers that by 6:30 [Annotator's Note: on the morning of D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy,...

Cecil N. Duck was born in August 1925 in Bay Minnette, Alabama, and when he was six years old, his family moved to...

For Robert Fitz, it was an honor to serve three years in combat areas, and is grateful that he lived through it. He...

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

Anthony Bianconi feels strongly that World War 2 should be taught to youngsters today. There are guys under white...

W. P. “Bill” Allen did not suffer from post-traumatic stress from his war experience. However, just recently he had a...

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