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Harold Beal is glad he served and would do it again. Somebody must take care of the country. When he talks to children...

[Annotator's Note: Floyd Stahl served in the Navy as a storekeeper aboard the minesweeper USS Sway (AM-120).] Going...

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

When Alex Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when hit parachute opened up. He hit...

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...

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

Edward Dunne was born in October 1924 in Winsted, Connecticut. He got remarried after his first wife died and he moved...

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

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...

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

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