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Jack Pierce thought his experience in the war [Annotator's Note: World War 2] was good. He was glad it ended because he...

Alois Kopp enlisted in the Navy in September 1937 despite the fact he could not swim. He learned fast. He volunteered...

Maurice Joseph Dugas, Sr. was a machinist mate and electrician on the USS Albermarle (AV-5). Their mission was to test...

[Annotator's Note: Floyd Stahl was assigned to the minesweeper USS Sway (AM-120).] On the troopship over [Annotator's...

Cleatus Lebow was kept in the hospital ward for four weeks, then flew from Samar Island [Annotator's Note: Samar Island...

Joseph Orlando was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in January 1922. He was the 11th child born but four of his...

Chester Biernacki went to Newport, Rhode Island for boot camp. He liked the discipline of boot camp. He handled lines...

Geraldine Nyman was born in Emmett, Idaho in 1920. She grew up with a family that moved every year. Her father was a...

Mack was born in his grandparents home. He lived there as an infant. When he got a little older his parents moved to a...

Jack Thornhill was born in Alexandria [Annotator's Note: Alexandria, Louisiana] in 1926. In 1932 the family moved to...

Richard Baile was born in December 1920 on a farm in Missouri east of Kansas City near the town of Washburn. They had a...

Calvin Blank was born in January 1926 in Bronx, New York [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five boroughs in...

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