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Donald Marsaglia had enough points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based on a number of factors that...

After Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tarawa, 20 to 23 November 1943 at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands], Henry James...

Clint Quirk was not assigned to a ship. [Annotator’s Note: Quirk was in the Merchant Marines]. He went into the union...

After being discharged from the Marine Corps, Bryon Oliver returned home. He returned to his old job, then moved to...

There was a problem on Midway with producing fresh water. It was solved by evaporators and other techniques that were...

Joseph Townsend was being trained as a radioman and radio technician. They wanted him to become an aviation technician...

Lester Hecht was having a beer on liberty in Honolulu [Annotator's Note: Honolulu, Hawaii] when the man next to him,...

Lloyd Augustus Chamblin, Jr., was sent to El Toro [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, California] to...

Thomas Francis Schicker says the Japanese would put cut off heads, penises, testicles and put them on shafts. They...

Edwin Henlebin commented on the ability of the Navy to work with the Army. He said that in a battle situation soldiers...

Philip Curran and his family talked about the impending war developments all the time. His grandfather was an avid...

Carrol Smith served in the Marine Corps in 1943 and 1944. He was deployed overseas in short order. The bombs were...

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