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Life on the ship was boring. Raymond A. Reed was on 15 different ships in 35 different countries. He was a lucky Seabee...

Robert G. Frey took his entry into combat on a day to day basis. He had good leadership in Fred Valentino [Annotator's...

William Splichal was sent to North Carolina after he was drafted. He was put into the infantry for six months. He went...

They began training every day with full daypacks and practiced moving quickly and efficiently up and down the long...

At about 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning, Arthur Seltzer went over the side of the ship to enter his landing craft. He was...

After arriving in Liverpool, Lucien Laborde was sent to Swindon where he was assigned to the 29th Infantry Division. At...

While he was stationed at Camp Maui, situated on an extinct volcano, Steve McMurray said some of the units trained on...

Gowan Duffy was stationed in Northern Ireland [Annotator’s Note: with the 141st Field Artillery Battalion]. They...

Lucien Paul Laborde was named after his grandfathers. He was the third boy in his family. Laborde was born in Vinton,...

Lieutenant John Marr's first patrol from Timmes' orchard was sent to find any American or other friendly forces in the...

Andrew A. Rooney [Annotator's Note: correspondent for the Stars and Stripes, American military newspaper] and the other...

David Olson landed on Utah Beach on D plus 1. Part of his command was on another ship, the Susan B. Anthony [Annotator...

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