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After the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot the action really slowed down for Alex Vraciu. There was a lot of argument over...

Jack Linscott remembers that the Liberty ships [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ships] were not...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled the first day on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945], his regiment [Annotator's...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Philips was in Pusan, Korea with the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry...

Louis Block knew they were going overseas, but they did not know where. The plane before them went to Guam. When they...

The trip overseas for Richard Witaker was difficult because so many of his fellow Marines got seasick on the 31 day...

Alfred Anthony Alvarez's unit [Annotator's Note: 7th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Division] was given a new...

On the morning of 7 December 1941, Roy Boreen enjoyed an early breakfast of pancakes. After breakfast, he went to the...

The prisoners would steal stuff whenever they could. Sometimes the men would get searched. Everyone would throw their...

Raymond Vincent Hayes was born in Providence, Rhode Island in July 1926. He had three brothers but his sister died in...

David McKinley Blackwell did not stay in New Guinea long. The terrain was mountainous and covered in jungle. From there...

Clyde Barber was born in May 1924 in Drennan, Colorado. Each of his five brothers and one sister were born in different...

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