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Joseph Townsend wanted to join the Marine Corps. His mother objected. His father had served in the Army in the First...

Fiske Hanley II was held captive by Kempeitai [Annotator's Note: Kenpeitai, also called Kempeitai; military police arm...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the time his submarine [Annotator's Note: the USS...

[Annotator's Note: James Muri served in the USAAF as a pilot flying Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers in the 22nd...

On his second day on Iwo Jima, Japan, William Wayne and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 28th...

When they [Annotator's Note: Donald Hoff and the rest of the strike group] arrived at the point where they [Annotator's...

Edwin Henlebin was born in 1921 in St. Louis, Missouri, and lived there his entire life, except for when he was in the...

Sidney Philips remembers the whole platoon being sent away to Lejeune. Most of the men were put into the 1st Regiment....

James Paul Lynch went out to sea as officer of the deck the first time [Annotator's Note: on the USS Snook (SS-279) on...

Mac Glenn Morris joined his squadron VMSB-236 [Annotator's Note: Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 236 (VMSB-236), in...

Stanley Wolczyk was under fire three times during the campaign to recapture Attu from the Japanese. It was during the...

George Alaniz is from New Mexico. He was there when the draft started, and he decided to volunteer for the Army for one...

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