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In late 1945, the USS Sagittarius (AKN-2) returned to Norfolk, Virginia and Frank M. Heuer Sr. left the ship in...

[Annotator's Note: David Thomason served in the Navy aboard the USS Mannert L Abele (DD-733) and took part in the...

Loren Bennett stayed out at sea for about two or three months after the war was over. He was ready to get out of the...

Remi Kidder was born in 1926 in Arnaudville, Louisiana. Raised on a farm, Kidder's father was always busy with the...

Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine during World War 2. As a result of the war, his father realized his dream...

After returning stateside, Adolph Wilson and a group of Marines drove from San Diego to Shreveport. They stopped at...

Benjamin Albert Glusing's men [Annotator's Note: in the 208th Military Police Company] saved themselves, other men,...

The fighters rendezvoused with the SBDs [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD "Dauntless" dive bomber], then had to look after...

Carrel Reavis went from Virginia to basic training on a segregated train. When he went overseas, his ammunition company...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Thornhill served in the Navy as a gunner's mate aboard the USS Daly (DD-519) and was a gun...

George A. Damiano fought in World War 2 because he felt like he should help his country. He felt he did not learn much...

Kwajalein [Annotator's Note: Battle of Kwajalein, 31 January to 3 February 1944] D-Day [Annotator's Note: military...

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