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Curt Simmons served as a US Navy Armed Guard gunner aboard merchant ships. Even at the start of the war there were...

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

The invasion at Ormoc Bay was small and consisted mainly of destroyers and rocket firing landing craft.The Laffey [...

After Ernest Barber was drafted into the army, he was inducted at Camp Shelby [Annotator’s Note: Camp Shelby,...

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

William Leo Spaetgens was pulled out of the Navy Armed Guard in January 1945. Many men were removed from that service...

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

John Edmund Murman returned to the United States after occupation duty on the USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) and was...

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

Alois Kopp was aboard the USS Houston (CA-30) defending Java when the ship was sunk. He survived and was taken prisoner...

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

W. P. “Bill” Allen was assigned to the USS LST-523 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] hit a mine not far the...

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