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William Leo Spaetgens was changed by World War 2. He hated school with a passion. After making it to the tenth grade,...

Cecil N. Duck was born in August 1925 in Bay Minnette, Alabama, and when he was six years old, his family moved to...

Anthony Bianconi was in dry dock [Annotator's Note: as a musician and ammunition bearer on the USS Philadelphia (CL-41...

[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with the interviewer and Leon Schafer in conversation.] Leon Schafer was born in...

Alois Kopp was in Pocatello, Idaho in the Civilian Conservation Camp when the Navy recruited him. He was sent to San...

W. P. “Bill” Allen did not suffer from post-traumatic stress from his war experience. However, just recently he had a...

Robert Martin went to Europe [Annotator's Note: on the USS LST-515]. The first place they went to was [Annotator's Note...

Charles Walker was born on a farm near Sumner, Georgia. When you live on a farm family, everybody works. He did not...

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

Fred Arthur Balfour [Annotator's Note: with SHAEF – Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force] thought the war...

[Annotator's Note: Floyd Stahl was assigned to the minesweeper USS Sway (AM-120).] On the troopship over [Annotator's...

As a "lowly naval officer", Milton Muelder knew his opinion that the plans in place were "no damn good," and decided...

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