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[Annotator's Note: After his brother was killed on active duty, Charles Taylor was transferred off of the USS Absecon (...

William Cassady remembers Saipan [Annotator’s Note: Battle of Saipan, Mariana Islands; 15 June to 9 July 1944] was...

William Leo Spaetgens was pulled out of the Navy Armed Guard in January 1945. Many men were removed from that service...

Carl C. Bartels, M.D. [Annotator's Note: Doctor of Medicine] knew nothing about the invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day;...

Theodore Vallas was one of the first pilots to be catapulted off an aircraft carrier. There was risk in the water ahead...

Solis “Sol” Kaslow grew up in Philadelphia [Annotator’s Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. He was drafted into the Navy...

Alois Kopp was aboard the USS Houston (CA-30) defending Java when the ship was sunk. He survived and was taken prisoner...

Joseph R. Romano used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was...

Robert Martin wanted to join the Navy because his friend had gone in before he did. He was a year or two older than him...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was on occupation duty in Kagoshima, Japan after the war ended.] The invasion [...

Alex Carter Sr. was born in December 1920 in Mississippi. He had three brothers and six sisters. He was the oldest...

Herbert Fontenot found a sweetheart after his discharge from the Navy. She was similar in background to him. They fell...

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