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Lee, Arthur Overseas Deployment
After processing in California, Arthur Lee was sent to Maui, Hawaii, where he was running a warehouse and cold storage plant for Marines training f
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Lee, Arthur Postwar Life and Career
Arthur Lee returned to the United States in December 1945 by way of the Aleutians, landing at Seattle, Washington.
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Lee, Arthur Reflections
Asked if he had plans or goals for his postwar life, Arthur Lee said he had no idea what he would do when he returned to civilian life.
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Lee, Edward Delivering the Troops to Shore
With no working equipment to run or steer the USS Cavalier (APA-37) after it was torpedoed, Edward Lee Allesandro said it was "loose" off
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Lee, Edward Early Life and Entrance Into Service
Edward Lee Allesandro was born in April 1923 in Denver, Colorado, and grew up mostly in Pueblo, Colorado.
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Lee, Edward Memorable Experiences
The most horrible of Edward Lee Allesandro's experiences were when men died while he was holding them.
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Lee, Edward Reflections
The United States came together in the Second World War, Edward Allesandro said, and he is sure that the soldiers' family members were behind
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Lee, Edward Returning Home and Postwar Experiences
Edward Allesandro had a lot of artifacts from Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana Islands] that he picked up at an ammunition dump.
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Lee, Edward Saved by a Miracle
The newly commissioned USS Cavalier (APA-37), with Edward Lee Allesandro aboard, picked up Seabees [Annotator's Note: members of US naval cons
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Lee, Edward The Coast Guard in War
Edward Allesandro said that most people are surprised to hear that the Coast Guard was fighting in World War 2.
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Lee, James A Japanese Friend
When James Lee was a young kid, he was close buddies with a Japanese boy whose name was Toshi Yamamoto. They were inseparable.
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Lee, James After the Pearl Harbor Attack
Right after the attack [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], martial law was declared.