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Church, Ray Segment 7
Church had different responsibilities on Guam. His first assignment was to handle anything to do with recreation.
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Church, Ray Segment 8
When the Japanese came ashore they had battleships, planes, and superior equipment. Church and his men were using .30 caliber weapons.
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Church, Ray Segment 9
Rosa was part of a wealthier bunch according to Church. Church went back after the war to find her but she had gone back to Spain after the war.
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Ciotta, Angelo Discharge and Thoughts on the Atomic Bomb
Angelo Ciotta was shot in the leg and evacuated to an Army hospital in Guam.
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Ciotta, Angelo Early Life
Angelo Ciotta was born in 1925 in Leone, Italy. He came to the United States through Ellis Island, New York, at age seven in 1932.
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Ciotta, Angelo Iwo Jima
After boot camp, Angelo Ciotta was sent Camp Pendleton, California for advanced training.
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Ciotta, Angelo Landing on Iwo Jima
Angelo Ciotta went ashore on Iwo Jima, Japan in a Higgins boat [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel or LCVP].
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Ciotta, Angelo Last Thoughts
Angelo Ciotta appreciates what some of the vets of today are going through.
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Ciotta, Angelo Learning of Pearl Harbor and Joining the Marine Corps
Angelo Ciotta wanted to be a Marine because he knew their history and he had seen the movie "Wake Island" twice.
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Ciotta, Angelo Marine Corps Boot Camp
Boot camp was mostly about discipline for Angelo Ciotta. They instill that you are not there for yourself but for the man next to you.
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Ciotta, Angelo Marines Then and Now
The ship Angelo Ciotta was on headed to Iwo Jima, Japan, had so many people on board it was bad for him.
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Ciotta, Angelo Shot on Iwo
They [Annotator's Note: Angelo Ciotta and the rest of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division] were moving up the