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James Crane experienced a great change in the Merchant Marine. He was concerned about making the first convoy, but he...

Walter Broll and the Grace Abbott left Bari, Italy and headed for the ocean. Broll and the deck crew secured the...

James Crane was waiting for D-Day in the war zone. They knew it was coming but did not know when. They had departed New...

Walter Broll benefited by the war because it made him an alert man instead of the 18 year old minor he was when he...

James Crane’s brother was taken prisoner by the Germans [Annotator’s Note: after being shot down over the Ploesti...

In addition to making him more alert, the war also improved Walter Broll's outlook on life. In meeting a former Me-109...

James Crane would repeat his service in World War II if called upon. The country has been very good to him and his...

Louis John Walter was born in August 1923 in Sheldon, Iowa. He experienced no problems during the Great Depression. His...

Louis John Walter was first assigned to the SS James Buchanan [Annotator's Note: as a seaman in the Merchant Marine]....

Louis John Walter left San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California] aboard the William G. Fargo [...

Clint Quirk was born in December 1923 in Butte, Montana and grew up in Anaconda, Montana. He had one sister. His father...

Louis John Walter next sailed on a tanker, the Fort Stephenson [Annotator's Note: SS Fort Stephenson]. He had papers...

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