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Kellogg, Fermer Becoming a Sailor
Fermer Kellogg learned to swim, survive jumping in a burning pool, handle a rifle and march while training [Annotator's...
Loving, Burl Becoming a Sailor
Burl Loving did his Navy basic training at Great Lakes [Annotator’s Note: Naval Station Great Lakes near Chicago,...
Hollingsworth, Chester Becoming a Sailor
Chester Hollingsworth did not have much fun in basic training. The trainees were assigned ten to a tent. Besides...
Barnes, William Becoming a Sailor
William Lee Barnes enlisted in the Navy and was given basic training at Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: Naval Station...
Boreen, Roy S. “Swede” Becoming a Sailor
Roy Boreen was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in July 1920. During the Great Depression, his father worked as a cement...
Kight, Otis Becoming a Sailor
Otis Kight had his basic training for the Navy at Norfolk [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, Virginia...
Hutchinson, Louis Becoming a Sailor
Louis B. Hutchinson was born in November 1925 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note...
Quirk, Clint Becoming a Sailor
Clint Quirk tried to get into the Navy, but he needed seaman papers. The longshoremen told him to go to the Army...
Taylor, Fulton Becoming a Sailor
Fulton Taylor chose the United States Navy because service there appealed to him. His older brother was already in the...
Samuelson, Jack Becoming a Sailor
Jack D. Samuelson continued at Occidental [Annotator’s Note: he was a freshman at Occidental College in Los Angeles,...
McConnell, Trist Becoming a Sailor
Julian Trist Bringier McConnell was born in Memphis, [Annotator's Note: Memphis, Tennessee], where his father was...
Norberg, Willard "Bill" Becoming a Sailor
Bill Norberg remembers Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler] exerting his power prior to the start of...
Steglich, Lenwood Becoming a Sailor
Lenwood Steglich joined the Navy [Annotator’s Note: enlisting in September 1942] because all his friends were going...
Knapp, William Becoming a Sailor
William “Bill” Knapp volunteered for the US Navy when he was 17 years old. His parents consented to his enlistment....
Murphy, Paul Becoming a Sailor
Paul J. Murphy was born in Chillicothe, Missouri. He graduated from high school in 1943 and was immediately drafted...
Gafford, Walter Becoming a Sailor
Walter Bud Gafford was born in April 1920. He joined the United States Navy in March 1941 so that he could see the...
Grahlfs, F. Becoming a Sailor
F. Lincoln Grahlfs enlisted into the Navy in the fall of 1942 and was inducted on 5 October 1942. At that time, the...
Cole, Wendell Becoming a Sailor
[Annotator's Note: Wendell Delavan Cole suffers from Parkinson's disease and needs the assistance of his son to...
Rosenzweig, Rollins Becoming a Sailor
Rollins Rosenzweig had a rough boot camp experience in San Diego. He did not complain but rather took it as it came. It...
Ashton, Jackson Becoming a Sailor
Jackson Augustus "Jack" Ashton, Senior volunteered for quartermaster school in the Navy. He was advised to sail on as...
Frisco, Paul Becoming a Sailor and Assignment to the USS Cushing (DD-797)
Paul J. Frisco enlisted in the Navy because of his father's service during World War 1 and because of the Navy's...
Marcarelli, Ralph Becoming a Sailor and Deploying to New Guinea
Ralph Marcarelli reacted badly to inoculations when he entered the Navy at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. He missed boot...
Taylor, Claude Becoming a Sailor and Going to War
When Claude Taylor turned 18, he enlisted in the Navy. His father had been in the Army in France in World War 1. The...
Joslin, Harold Becoming a Sailor and Prewar Service
Harold Joslin joined the Navy around 1939. He liked the idea of going to sea. He also really wanted to get off the farm...
Bertucci, George Becoming a Sailor and Serving on the USS Mississippi (BB-41)
George Joseph Bertucci went to San Diego, California for basic training. After three weeks, he went aboard the USS...
Daquarna, Joseph Becoming a Sailor and Traveling the World
Joseph Daquarna enlisted in early 1945 and went to boot camp in San Diego. Afterward, he was assigned to a submarine...
Perry, Robert Becoming a Sailor on a Destroyer
Robert Perry did his Navy boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]. He was then sent to...
Cole, Arles Becoming a Sailor prior to Pearl Harbor
Arles E. Cole was sent to San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for naval aptitude testing and training....
Lamm, Allen Becoming a Sailor, Convoy Duty and Sinking U-Boats
Allen Lamm enlisted in the Navy and did his basic training in Great Lakes, Illinois. The training was not very...
Buckley, James Becoming a Senator
James Buckley went back to his normal work [Annotator's Note: after running and not getting a political seat in New...
Schicker, Tom Becoming a Shellback
Thomas Francis Schicker was told he was ready to go overseas. At Area 13 [Annotator's Note: location on Marine Corps...
Longhoffer, Garland Becoming a Soldier
Garland Virgil Longhoffer turned 18 years old and became eligible for the draft in March 1944. He could have stayed out...
Latiolats, Walter Becoming a Soldier
Walter J. Latiolais, Sr. entered Army basic training at Camp Roberts in the suburbs of Little Rock [Annotator's Note:...
Brooks, Lawrence Becoming a Soldier
Lawrence Brooks was drafted in 1940 and went for basic training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. By November [Annotator's...
Malta, Samuel Becoming a Soldier
Samuel Malta went into the service in June 1943. He took his basic training at Camp Wheeler near Macon, Georgia. He was...
Blackwell, David Becoming a Soldier
David McKinley Blackwell entered the Army at Camp Polk [Annotator's Note: now Fort Polk in Vernon Parish, Louisiana]....

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