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Edward Dunne and the men [Annotator's Note: the crew of the USS LST-53] were told what was going to happen [Annotator's...

William Leo Spaetgens and his Navy crewmates aboard the SS Leslie M. Shaw (MC-0440) converted their Liberty Ship to a...

Edward Thomas Toole was born in 1925 in Millen, Georgia. He had four brothers and one sister. He was the youngest boy,...

Charles Taylor's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he was able to take out a German submarine. He saw...

William Cassady’s ship [Annotator’s Note: the USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)] did not have a lot of contact with the...

Alois Kopp was born on a farm in May 1918 near Raleigh in Grant County, North Dakota. Times were good right after World...

Carl C. Bartels, M.D. [Annotator's Note: Doctor of Medicine] was changed by the war. It was an excellent experience. He...

Gerald Rupert enlisted in the Navy and went to Sampson, New York [Annotator's Note: Sampson Naval Training Base] on one...

W. P. “Bill” Allen was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in May 1925. He was raised in Murfreesboro and went to school...

Winfield Zerphey was reunited with his family in Pennsylvania following his separation from the Navy. He had a brief...

Robert Martin was taught to march and thought it was stupid [Annotator's Note: in US Navy basic training]. They went to...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer received his discharge orders on 10 December 1945 while on occupation duty in Kagoshima...

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