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Charles Dinger
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E-3 Seaman, Navy
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World War-II
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Camp Peary, Williamsburg, VA-1943
Naval Construction Battalion Center, Camp Endicott, R. I.
Camp Thomas Naval Advance Base Depot, Davisville, R.I.,1943
USS Frederick Funston
Oahu, Hawaii-1944
USS President Johnson
Saipan- 1945
USS Hunterdon County (LST-838)
Okinawa-1945
Charlie was very proud to have served in the U.S. Navy Seabees during World War II. "The Seabees played a key role in the last big operation of the island war, the seizure of Okinawa. The main invasion forces landed on Okinawa's west coast on Easter Sunday, 1 April 1945. The fighting was heavy and prolonged, and organized resistance did not cease until July,1945.
Commissioned at Peary, the 130th NCB received further training at Endicott, shipping from adjacent Camp Thomas for Hawaii in February 1944. At the end of that year, the Battalion was preparing to move forward, and two survey detachments left Hawaii. On Jan. 18, 1945, the outfit embarked and arrived in Saipan early the following month t
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