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Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters and Service Company, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...

Ellis Whaley spent a lot of time talking to his boys before they got off their ship [Annotator's Note: during the...

William Lutz was born in March 1920. He had three younger sisters, and two younger brothers who served in the Korean...

Jimmie Dyer enlisted to fight in World War 2 because he thought that the country needed to fight. He never questioned...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert Lents if he and the other prisoners of war had nicknames for their...

Vernon Henry Moret recalled a banzai attack on Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipain, Northern Mariana Islands]. The...

Jacques Brewster Smith remembers the island of Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines] being all jungle and...

After Parris Island, William Pierce went to Hingham, Massachusetts which housed a huge naval ammunition manufacturing...

Robert Freligh served during the war because he felt it was his duty. He was also 20 years old at the time and thought...

Bill Toledo was sent to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp. He was able to keep up with...

Thomas J. Smith, Junior was looking forward to seeing the enemy. The Marines were under the Navy. After training, they...

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