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Anthony Bianconi was in dry dock [Annotator's Note: as a musician and ammunition bearer on the USS Philadelphia (CL-41...

[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with the interviewer and Leon Schafer in conversation.] Leon Schafer was born in...

Solis “Sol” Kaslow felt the PT boat was wonderful and outstanding for the job assigned [Annotator’s Note: Kaslow served...

Alex Vraciu knew that the next time they saw air action it would be part of a landing somewhere. When his group was...

Robert Martin went to Europe [Annotator's Note: on the USS LST-515]. The first place they went to was [Annotator's Note...

The first ship Curt Simmons served aboard was the old Panamanian flagged ship El Murante [Annotator's Note: unsure of...

Charles Walker was born on a farm near Sumner, Georgia. When you live on a farm family, everybody works. He did not...

Alex Carter Sr. was born in December 1920 in Mississippi. He had three brothers and six sisters. He was the oldest...

Kerama Retto [Annotator's Note: Kerama Islands off of Okinawa] was used as a staging area for the destroyers going out...

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

William Leo Spaetgens was changed by World War 2. He hated school with a passion. After making it to the tenth grade,...

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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