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Marolda, Theodore Early Life
Theodore Marolda was born May 1923 in Winsted, Connecticut. He was born to a family of Italian immigrants and was the youngest of nine children.
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Marolda, Theodore Guadalcanal Assault
Theodore Marolda received orders to board a transport bound for the Solomon Islands after it was discovered the Japanese were building a big airfie
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Marolda, Theodore Reflections
Theodore Marolda has had to pay out of his own pocket for medical expenses because veteran benefits would take too long to obtain.
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Marolda, Theodore Returning Home and Postwar
Theodore Marolda returned to the United States via San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California].
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Marovelli, Robert Deadly Patrol and the Loss of PT-363
Robert Marovelli said the PT boats [Annotator's Note: patrol torpedo boats] patrolled every night, and had to be readied for battle every day.
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Marovelli, Robert Early Life
Robert Marovelli was born in May 1925 in Lafferty, Ohio.
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Marovelli, Robert Finding A Calling
Robert Marovelli clearly remembers being in the bathtub on 7 December 1941, when the announcement came over the radio that Pearl Harbor was being b
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Marovelli, Robert Invasion of Morotai and the Loss of PT-368
The invasion of Morotai had been building up, and Robert Marovelli's ship joined the convoy going to battle. General MacArthur was there.
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Marovelli, Robert Overseas Deployment and Joining PT-368
Robert Marovelli responded to the propaganda about the Japanese, and couldn't help having bad feelings about them.
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Marovelli, Robert Postwar Touring on PT-558 and Negotiations in Russia
Robert Marovelli has written articles for the PT [Annotator's Note: patrol torpedo boat] organization.
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Marovelli, Robert Reflections
Robert Marovelli decided to go into the Navy because so many young men were being killed by the Japanese.
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Marovelli, Robert Rotation Back to the United States
Robert Marovelli arrived in San Francisco with his uniform a shambles, and the orders for new clothes had been fouled.