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‘A World War Two Secret: Glenn P. Larson and the U-505’
July 5, 2023
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Glenn Larson was a 19-year-old North Dakota farm boy when the United States entered World War II. He volunteered for the U.S. Navy in December 1942. He could have gotten an agricultural deferment, but wanted to serve. Later, he was aboard the USS Guadalcanal when it captured the U-505 German submarine. “A World War Two…
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