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Milton Muelder had been stationed in London, England until the Allied troops moved into France, after which he was...

Harold Beal wanted to go into the Navy because he got around his father’s boat quite well. He was in the Navy for four...

The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

Robert "Bob" Lowry and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS LST-538] finally got beached and dropped out of the convoy [...

Paul Rothenheber went to Rhode Island for a six week boot camp. He did alot of marching and took many classes. He was...

Jack Madden took his basic training for the United States Navy in Newport, Rhode Island. He originally signed up to...

Joseph Hartmann did nine to 12 months of duty. The battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) was being commissioned. They all...

The duration of a typical watch for Robert Fitz was two hours, except in the places like the Arctic, where it was so...

Joseph Brannan was in a crew on PT-305 that was composed of two officers and from 12 to 14 enlisted men. The enlisted...

Charlie Lomax [Annotator's Note: a Naval officer in a special communications task force in the Naval Amphibious Forces...

Anthony Bianconi feels strongly that World War 2 should be taught to youngsters today. There are guys under white...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was aboard USS LST-502 for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944.] What...

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