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All of the Catholic school teachers were nuns. They were not married. High school teachers in Iowa were required to be...

Following his graduation from Kings Point [Annotator's Note: the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York],...

Crump had enrolled as a draftsman in the local aircraft plant but in the meantime several of the shipyards had posted...

Crumps dad was making 90 cents an hour. A dime was a big difference in those days. Gasoline was 10 cents a gallon and a...

Crump stayed in the shipyard for the better part of a year. They had launched about 14 ships. The launching details had...

Crump came back after the war to visit some of his buddies. He got there the very day they were floating the ship. They...

Crump was able to get a gold crown in his teeth and was able to join. This was in late 1943. Crump was told then that...

Crump and the Chief Engineer had done some work when the seas were calm. The Chief Engineer felt that there was a...

Crump got to Panteloria and was alongside the dock. All of the German prisoners of war did the work. They were younger...

Hartsel Ross was born in January 1926 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Ross heard the news of the attacks on Pearl Harbor [...

Within hours any ship passing the destroyer escorts loaded with prisoners would receive prisoners from those destroyer...

Hartsel Ross joined the Maritime Services [Annotator's Note: the US Merchant Marine] in January 1944. He boarded a...

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