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WORLD WAR II
An estimated 10,000 men and woman served in
WWII from Charlestown Massachusetts. During
the war Charlestown had one of the highest
enlistment rates in the country.

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US ARMY US ARMY AIR CORPS US MARINE CORPS US NAVY US COAST GUARD MERCHANT MARINE

LIST MEN WHO FOUGHT IN

Battle of Italy
Battle of Normandy (D-Day)
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Okinawa

Charlestown
Honor Roll

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American Division
Bunker Hill Armory

Excerpt from a letter from overseas.
"I've met a few of the fellows from home rite here and good old Charlestown is all over the world. I think Hitler and Tojo both are well aware of that fact. It's only a small town but a well represented one."
Cpl Ralph Lent
11 Salem St

296 Combat
Engineer Battalion

26th Yankee Division
Bunker Hill Armory

 
Aircraft Carrier
USS Bunker Hill CV-17

6th Armored Division
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Most Decorated Veterans
Silver Star Recipients
Band of Brothers
Woman in Uniform
Officers Club
Pilots
POWs

 

 
List Army Veterans by Category
Submarine Service
Destroyers
Aircraft Carriers
Battleships & Cruisers
Attack Transports
Landing Craft
Seabees
List Army Veterans By Category
1st Infantry Division
3rd Infantry Division
77th Infantry Division
87th Infantry Division
296th Combat Engineers
201st AAA Battalion
Americal Division
Paratroopers
Armored Divisions

Charlestown Navy Yard
History of the Navy Yard
List Navy Yard Workers

 

 

 

Aerial view of Charlestown and
the Navy Yard CA 1945