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Perrett, Marvin Segment 1
Marvin Perrett was born in September 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Perrett, Marvin Segment 2
Perrett was sent on a truck to Little Creek, Virginia. When Mr.
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Perrett, Marvin Segment 3
After going over the side, the boats would then form up waves of ten or twelve boats which rode around in circles until being called to the ship to
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Perrett, Marvin Segment 4
After the invasion they left Southern France [Annotator's Note: Perrett means Northern France, in June 1944] and returned to Norfolk, Virginia
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Perrett, Marvin Segment 5
They hung around in the area [Annotator's Note: the crew of the USS Bayfield, near Okinawa] for about twelve days waiting to see if the troops
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Perrett, Marvin Segment 6
There was some rivalry between the Coast Guard and the Navy but they got along fine.
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Perrett, Marvin Segment 7
Perrett's contact with the German prisoner of war (POWs) he transported was very brief.
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Perrett, Marvin Segment 8
Perrett was awarded the European Campaign Ribbon [Annotator's Note: Europe/Africa/Middle East Theater Ribbon] with two battle stars for Norman
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Perry, Robert Becoming a Sailor on a Destroyer
Robert Perry did his Navy boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California].
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Perry, Robert Early Life
Robert Perry was born in Ebenezer, Louisiana, near Crowley [Annotator's Note: Crowley, Louisiana], in November 1926.
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Perry, Robert Postwar Life and Reflections
After the war, Robert Perry found employment as a painter and as a lumber yard worker. He never used the G.I.
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Pesky, John Baseball Career
John “Johnny” Pesky was in baseball his whole life. It enabled him to see a lot of things and play with some great players.