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Newsom, James USS Sarsfield (DD-837)
James Newsom was assigned to the USS Sarsfield (DD-837) in New York.
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Newton, Cecil Combat in Germany
Cecil J. V.
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Newton, Cecil Drafted into the Army
Cecil J. V. Newton was born in March 1925 on a family farm in Highlands, Texas. He was an only child.
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Newton, Cecil Reflections on the War
Cecil J. V.
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Newton, Cecil War’s End and Postwar
Cecil J. V. Newton fought with the 345th Infantry Regiment, 87th Infantry Division in Koblenz, Germany in March 1945.
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Neyland, Leedell D-Day
Leedell Neyland worked under Captain Miller. They served as escorts in 1942 in the Caribbean Sea.
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Neyland, Leedell Entrance into Service
Leedell Neyland joined the Navy in January 1941. He was supposed to do four years, but they were going to do six years.
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Neyland, Leedell Postwar Career
Leedell Neyland returned home and he could not get into the school where he wanted to. He had to wait until the next year.
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Neyland, Leedell Prewar Life
Leedell Neyland was born in Gloster, Mississippi in August 1921. He had seven brothers and one sister. They went to college.
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Neyland, Leedell Reflections
Leedell Neyland thinks sweeping for mines was his most memorable moment of the war. They swept the mines, and they knew if their ship was hit.
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Neyland, Leedell Segregation Experiences
Leedell Neyland finished his doctorate degree at NYU [Annotator’s Note: New York University in New York City, New York] in February 1959.
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Neyland, Leedell Service Discharge
Leedell Neyland got the Legion of Honor Medal [Annotator’s Note: The Legion of Honor is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil.