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Robert Fitz was born in March 1925 in South Bridge, Massachusetts, the youngest of four children. He was very young...

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

Solis “Sol” Kaslow grew up in Philadelphia [Annotator’s Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. He was drafted into the Navy...

Anthony Bianconi was born in September 1920 in Youngstown, Ohio. When he was quite young, his family moved to Mount...

Gerald Rupert was discharged from Bainbridge [Annotator's Note: he was discharged in fall 1946 at Bainbridge Naval...

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

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

Robert Martin was transferred to the USS LST-515. It was a smaller ship than the USS Donner (LSD-20). He did not like...

Leon Schafer has been to Europe a number of times since 68 [Annotator's Note: 1968] when all of his family went. His...

Herbert Fontenot went to Camp Wallace, Texas for Navy boot camp. He had no problem with the weather but wearing boots...

Fred Arthur Balfour [Annotator's Note: with SHAEF – Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force] was building huts...

Floyd Stahl was born in October 1924 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He grew up on a farm near Alto, Michigan. He was the...

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