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Edward Allesandro had a lot of artifacts from Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana Islands] that he picked up at...

The most horrible of Edward Lee Allesandro's experiences were when men died while he was holding them. The ship also...

Edward Allesandro said that most people are surprised to hear that the Coast Guard was fighting in World War 2. The USS...

The United States came together in the Second World War, Edward Allesandro said, and he is sure that the soldiers'...

Robert Francis Jones was born in 1921 in Philadelphia [Annotator’s Note: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. His neighbors...

Robert Francis Jones joined the Coast Guard on his 18th birthday. He was very disappointed at first [Annotator’s Note:...

Robert Francis Jones trained dogs with the United States Coast Guard. Sometimes young recruits came in and it was...

Joseph Traina was born in Labadieville, Louisiana in June 1917. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks what he recalls...

Robert Francis Jones was a Chief Petty Officer stationed at Martha’s Vineyard Naval Air Station [Annotator’s Note:...

Robert Francis Jones was a Chief Petty Officer stationed at Martha’s Vineyard Naval Air Station [Annotator’s Note:...

[Annotator's Note: Joseph Traina served in the US Coast Guard as a radioman aboard the USCGC Comanche (WPG76).] In...

The USCGC Storis (WMEC-38) was a brand-new ship. Traina reported to it in Duluth, Minnesota. They sailed it to Boston [...

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