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Lansford, William Ambushing the Japanese with the Help of the Solomon Islanders
William Lansford served as a machine gunner in the weapons platoon of Company E, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion on Guadalcanal.
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Lansford, William Aola Bay and Henderson Field
William Lansford continued training while he was in Hawaii waiting for the Raiders who had carried out the raid on Makin Island to return.
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Lansford, William Aola Bay and the Long Patrol
The first of the three battles that stands out to William Lansford was at Asamana on 11 November [Annotator's Note: 11 November 1942], Armisti
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Lansford, William Early Life, Joining the Marines and Service in Iceland
William Douglas Lansford was born in 1922 in Los Angeles. His father was an Anglo from Texas and his mother was a Mexican from Juarez.
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Lansford, William General Alan Shapley Takes Command and Bougainville
When William Lansford and the other members of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion were in New Zealand he was walking down the street one day when he s
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Lansford, William Goofy Things in Combat, Being Wounded and Occupation Duty
To William Lansford, all campaigns had goofy things happen. The first time he went out by himself he had been warned of snipers.
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Lansford, William Guadalcanal and the Makin Island Raid
The first chance William Lansford and the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion had [Annotator's Note: to fight the Japanese] was after the 1st Marine R
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Lansford, William Landing on Iwo Jima and the Death of John Basilone
Basilone [Annotator's Note: Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone] and his guys went ashore in the third wave.
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Lansford, William Leading Patrols on Iwo Jima
William Lansford was attached to the 27th Regiment [Annotator's Note: Regimental Headquarters, 27th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division] Fiel
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Lansford, William Ready to Fight and Joining the Marine Raiders
When William Lansford was in Iceland, he and the other Marines spent their time building their own Quonset huts and stacking ammunition.
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Lansford, William Training for Iwo Jima with John Basilone
After Bougainville, William Lansford went back to the United States. He was a high point guy.
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Lansford, William Training with the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion
William Lansford and the other Marine Raider recruits were taken to Jacques Farm where they began their training.