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Alex Carter Sr. went to boot camp in Norfolk, Virginia. He wanted to go to Vicksburg, Mississippi for welding school,...

Jack Madden was in Europe when the war ended. He was delighted. He had not followed the course of the war too closely...

Robert Martin went to Plymouth, England [Annotator's Note: on the USS LST-515]. While they were in England went to a...

[Annotator's Note: Charles Walker enlisted in the Navy in January 1945.] He went into the V-5 Program [Annotator's Note...

Joseph Brannan was stationed in Southern France after being based in Italy. In France, liberty was more available than...

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...

Winfield K. "Win" Zerphey was born in October 1924 in the small town of Floren outside of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. He...

Edward Dunne and the men [Annotator's Note: the crew of the USS LST-53] were told what was going to happen [Annotator's...

Robert "Bob" Lowry went to Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Great Lakes, North Chicago, Illinois] for boot...

Paul Rothenheber was born in September 1925 in Lorsch, Germany. He left Germany when he was two years old. His parents...

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