United States Navy
WW II Naval war time experiences
1942
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George Fortune volunteered for service in the United States Navy, signing up in February 1942, on leaving college at the age of twenty 22 . ...
The LCTR 439 and D Day
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While waiting for the delivery of 12 new LCT(R)s George remembers "With Elmer's (my captain’s ) permission and the cooperation of t...
1944 Bizerte, S France
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Bizerte, Algiers then Naples. "" In June of 1944 after the invasion, 9 of our rocket ship flotilla went to Bizerte in Algiers, a...
1944 Little Creek...LSMR 408
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1944 after Normandy and southern France George came home for 3 weeks after both invasions "It was good to see Mother and Dad and all t...
1945
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1945 to San Diego "We went through the Panama Canal to San Diego two ships at a time, the LSMR 407 and 408. The LSMR 407 in the le...
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