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

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

Jack Raskoph was transferred to Pier 92 in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York], where people were...

David Foerster got his wings at Pensacola [Annotator's Note: Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida]. He went to...

Edward Thomas Toole wanted to join the Naval Air Force but he could not make it. The Navy appealed to him more than any...

Charles Taylor was a secret serviceman after World War 2. He married in 1954 to his first wife and remarried after her...

The day after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] Alex Vraciu was...

Edward Dunne's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS LST-53] had a big ramp that the tanks would go off of. There were six...

Gerald Rupert was scheduled to go to the Pacific prior the dropping of the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear...

After the kamikaze hit the ship it was the end of the war for the crew. She came back to the states on her own power....

Robert Martin went to Europe as the radio operator on the USS LST-515. It was cold. Everyone had to stand watch. He...

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