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Edward Thomas Toole was born in 1925 in Millen, Georgia. He had four brothers and one sister. He was the youngest boy,...

William Leo Spaetgens had his life changed by the Second World War. If a person could not work for something or pay for...

Charles Taylor's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when he was able to take out a German submarine. He saw...

William Cassady’s ship [Annotator’s Note: the USS Frederick Funston (APA-89)] did not have a lot of contact with the...

Carl C. Bartels, M.D. [Annotator's Note: Doctor of Medicine] was changed by the war. It was an excellent experience. He...

Alois Kopp volunteered to go on the USS Houston (CA-30) in 1939 for deployment overseas. The ship was stationed in...

Gerald Rupert enlisted in the Navy and went to Sampson, New York [Annotator's Note: Sampson Naval Training Base] on one...

W. P. “Bill” Allen was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in May 1925. He was raised in Murfreesboro and went to school...

Robert Martin was taught to march and thought it was stupid [Annotator's Note: in US Navy basic training]. They went to...

Herbert Fontenot joined the Navy because it was the only branch that would accept him at 16 years of age. He loved his...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer received his discharge orders on 10 December 1945 while on occupation duty in Kagoshima...

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

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