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Victor K. Carman joined the Navy because he did not want to be a foot soldier in the Army or Marines. He had flown a...

Murphy Burke made good, lasting friendships while in the Navy, and when he got out, he took advantage of the G.I. Bill...

Elmer Koenig enlisted on 7 May 1943. He graduated from high school in June 1943. His parents expected him to join. In...

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

David Hanning was assigned as an assistant to a lieutenant and then to the headquarters of an adjutant general where he...

Irwin Schneider was ill prepared to be a naval officer when he went on active duty. He was sent to Fort Schuyler, New...

After twelve weeks of training in Gulfport [Annotator's Note: Gulfport, Mississippi] Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer was sent...

When Edward Chinnis reported aboard the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Dorchester (APB-46)], there was a third class...

After boot camp, Norman Elliott was assigned to a newly-commissioned ship, the USS Pasadena (CL-65). From the Boston...

On Treasury Island [Annotator's Note: Stirling Island, Treasury Islands, Solomon Islands], James Oney was in charge of...

Toward the end of the World War 2, Alfred Raymond Mosher was put on a train and sent to another camp [Annotator's Note...

Floyd James Reissig, known as Buddy, was born in Travis County, outside of Austin, Texas in March 1919. His father was...

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