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After he completed his training, Paul Rothenheber was assigned to the USS Monticello (APA-61), a troop transport ship....

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

William Cassady was assigned to the ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)] in 1943. They went into...

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

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...

Solis “Sol” Kaslow went through boot camp [Annotator’s Note: in Sampson, New York] and then was trained as a navigator...

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

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was aboard USS LST-502 for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944.] What...

Alois Kopp was pleased that the two atomic bombs were dropped. They saved lives in the long run. Both Allied and...

Harold Beal thought the English were nice people. They would travel up and down the coast to practice making landings....

Robert Martin went to upholstery school with the GI Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment...

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