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Larson, William Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William Larson to talk about the process of returning to the United States.] A system of camps were se
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Laster, John Thomas Action at Sea and Herding Monkeys
Continuing his sequence of experiences, John Laster described a personal injury that was not the consequence of combat.
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Laster, John Thomas Boot Camp Training
When John Laster got to Great Lakes, Illinois for boot training, he became a part of Company 1595, 36th Battalion, 23rd Regiment.
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Laster, John Thomas Duty After War’s End
When the war in Europe ended, John Laster and others in his gun crew were pulled off their ship in Port Said, Egypt.
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Laster, John Thomas Early Life and Enlistment
John Laster was born in April 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Laster, John Thomas Firing in Anger
John Laster said he would not like to go back through it, but his service during World War 2 was quite an experience, and thinks that every young m
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Laster, John Thomas Friendly Fire in Naples Harbor
Arriving at Naples, John Laster said, the Army would assume defense of the incoming ships.
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Laster, John Thomas Gunnery School to Armed Guard
To John Laster, gunnery school was an exercise in teamwork, and for three weeks he ate, slept and drank gunnery.
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Laster, John Thomas Losing Countrymen
Remembering a sister ship that had come into the Mediterranean by way of Oran, John Laster said it had picked up a group Air Force flyboys [Annotat
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Laster, John Thomas Reflections
Processing out of the Navy, John Laster underwent physicals and financial settlements.
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Laster, John Thomas Service In the Naval Armed Guard
To be a member of the Naval Armed Guard, John Laster said, a sailor had to have 20-20 vision, be in good health, and have a good attitude.
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Laster, John Thomas Survival in the Mediterranean
John Laster described other ships and other missions that were dangerous but never fatal.