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Harold Beal is glad he served and would do it again. Somebody must take care of the country. When he talks to children...

Peter Hebert was born in 1927 in Algiers, Louisiana. He attended Catholic school. His father worked and his mother...

Connick's boat [Annotator's Note: an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel)] held roughly thirty-six men. Each boat...

Hugh Ettinger was born in May 1926 in Watertown, New York. His father worked as a civil engineer, and they lived on...

John Carruth was born in February 1927 in Jefferson, Georgia. He was raised on a farm. As soon as the school bus...

Willard Ashford was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in May 1928. His family was mostly poverty-ridden due to the Great...

Lawrence Winnier's boot camp [Annotator's Note: in the US Navy] was being taught how to set a table and make beds. They...

Nelsyn Ernest Brooks Wade went to Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] to join an accelerated Navy officer...

John Kreutzberg’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on...

Adolph William Amundson was born in November 1923 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. He lived in a small town, but there...

Charles “Chuck” Franzke was born in November 1925 in Wellington, Kansas and grew up in Topeka, Kansas. His father had...

Whiney Harris was born in August 1912 in Seattle, Washington. He attended the University of Washington and the...

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