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Walter Broll saw the raid on Bari, Italy start at about 7:30 at night while the Grace Abbott's cargo was being...

John Scott Campbell did several different jobs over time. He was a gunner on the 20mm gun [Annotator's Note: Oerlikon...

In addition to making him more alert, the war also improved Walter Broll's outlook on life. In meeting a former Me-109...

Walter Broll and his ship the Grace Abbott were in the harbor of Bari, Italy for two weeks before the attack took place...

Woods was upset after the war because he wasn't given the benefits of the G.I. Bill. A friend of his his who had been...

Roger Shaw returned to the SS George Gayle after his leave in New Orleans, Louisiana. The was his original ship. It...

Hartsel Ross joined the Maritime Services [Annotator's Note: the US Merchant Marine] in January 1944. He boarded a...

Dee Wayne White has vivid memories of his life on the Home Front in Richmond, California during the World War 2. From...

William B. Hughes sailed on the hospital ship USAHS Wisteria on his second voyage. He was assigned a fire station but...

When Clarke Langrall arrived at the gate leading to his ship [Annotator's Note: SS Vernon L. Kellogg], he was checked...

A few days after leaving Australia, the ship 25 miles ahead of Ralph Crump's radioed that it had been under torpedo...

James Crane was waiting for D-Day in the war zone. They knew it was coming but did not know when. They had departed New...

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