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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Profiles Fall 2013-Spring 2014 HFDFW


 

Bill enlisted into the U.S.Navy in February 1944 at the age of 18. He enlisted in the Navy because this was the branch of the military that he most admired.

After basic training Bill was sent to the South Pacific where he operated landing craft. His unit was Standard Landing Craft-Unit 28.

 He remembers off-loading cargo while anchored 2 miles off shore of Samar in the Philippine Islands. There were several American fighters in the area such as the twin boomed P-38 Lightning. They were tasked with the job of keeping Japanese aircraft out of the area while the off-loading was being conducted.

Bill didn’t say, but he probably was discharged in 1946.

 

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