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Walter Broll passed through the station [Annotator's Note: the Merchant Marine training station at Sheepshead Bay in...

Walter Broll sailed north of Iceland on his first convoy. The ship zig-zagged over the course of the voyage. He did...

Basic training was easy for Arthur Frongello because he did not smoke. He grew up running alot and playing games that...

Charles Scheffel had about 5,000 dollars in a musette bag. He got into a jeep with a driver who was from New York City...

The interviewer notes that in the last segment Vernon Baker made a comment about an event that was his initiation into...

Gowan Duffy remembers that they would refer to one German plane as Bed Check Charlie [Annotator's Note: nickname given...

Perrett was awarded the European Campaign Ribbon [Annotator's Note: Europe/Africa/Middle East Theater Ribbon] with two...

Frank Mancuso crossed the Volturno River prior to Monte Cassino. His unit gathered in a courtyard to refuel their...

Lawrence Richard "Red" Gilbert and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company F, 1st Ranger Battalion] were sent out again...

Eugene Dorsey was assigned to the Navy Armed Guard and spent fourteen months in the Mediterranean on various transport...

When Norman Raner got in the landing craft, he was told that the driver had landed on the beach three times, so Raner...

Carl Robert Gatlin enlisted in the Army and after training, he was sent to Blackstone, Virginia to be shipped overseas...

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