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

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

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

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

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

[Annotator's Note: After the war ended in Europe, David Foerster was assigned to a hurricane tracking crew out of Key...

Edward Thomas Toole's most memorable moment was when Japan surrendered. That meant the war was over. That was a...

Robert Fitz crossed the Atlantic [Annotator's Note: Atlantic Ocean] 11 times during his service with the Navy Armed...

The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

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

Anthony Bianconi [Annotator's Note: a musician and ammunition loader on the cruiser USS Philadelphia (CL-41)] and his...

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