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[Annotator's Note: There is the sound of a lawnmower in the background during this clip.] Harry Bender was born and...

Paul Franklin landed in Manila Bay [Annotator’s Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines] 23 days after setting sail. He...

When Robert Powers invaded Guam, he did not go in on one of the new amphibious tractors [Annotator's Note: Landing...

The Laffey was in a rough state. She had been hit a number of times from a number of direction. Everything from the...

Burton Johnson arrived in Finschafen, New Guinea in the South Pacific after completing his stateside training. This was...

Gerald Francis "Jerry" Coleman [Annotator's Note: a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot with Marine Scout-Bomber...

Claude Bufford Shaw didn't come immediately back to the United States when the war ended as he was making a career of...

The first couple times Arthur Killam was depth charged it was a little hairy but he does not recall getting too upset...

During the war James Salerno did not like the Japanese and had nothing nice to say about them. The Japanese soldiers...

Clifford Campbell took infantry training at Camp Fannin [Annotator's Note: in Tyler, Texas] in Texas. He had to walk 20...

During his first night on Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, September to...

Henry James Bird [Annotator's Note: with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] boarded a...

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