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Mitchell Zimmer liked the idea of sailing on a smaller boat like a submarine. He was trained in New London, Connecticut...

When Calvin Barrick was going to submarine school in New London he signed up for the Navy's V-12 program which was...

John Geiger was shipped to New Guinea [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 31st Infantry Division]. They went through...

Sterling Cale was sent to Korea near Pusan while the rest of the transferred troops went to Sasebo, Japan. He was with...

While in Hawaii, Frank Faust can remember submarines would come in for repair and overhaul, and the crew members would...

Richard F. Penwell was supposed to be going back to New Bilibid Prison [Annotator's Note: Old Bilibid and New Bilibid...

Albert Simon was born in February 1920. His parents worked on a farm. He was raised on the farm and worked there until...

David L. Lehigh was born in December 1924 in York County [Annotator's Note: York County, Pennsylvania]. He grew up in...

William Stewart wore fatigues with big pockets. He would keep pocketbooks and would read while he waited in lines. He...

Claude Bufford Shaw didn't come immediately back to the United States when the war ended as he was making a career of...

[Annotator's Note: Raymond Urban was working in Santa Ana, California when Marine Fighter Squadron 212 (VMF-212) was...

William Smith went to the Pacific theater as a Second Lieutenant. He flew from Townsville [Annotator's Note: Townsville...

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