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James L. Wheeler was born in Los Angeles, California, in February 1926. His father was a dairy man, and his mother was...

James Roland Westbrook enlisted in the Marine Corps in March 1943. He wanted to be a Marine even though his father, who...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Addison served in the US Marine Corps as a mortar man in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]...

James Buckley went back to his normal work [Annotator's Note: after running and not getting a political seat in New...

[Annotator's Note: George Colburn had his first combat kill in a cave on Iwo Jima, Japan in February 1945.] There was a...

In November [Annotator's Note: November 1943], Donald Draxler was told he would be going into combat as a reserve...

Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. had a good life aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Tippecanoe (AO-21)]. He had multiple...

Rollins Rosenzweig was part of the aircraft carrier naval air cover for the invasion of Iwo Jima. [Annotator's Note:...

When his leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] was up, Salvador Guercia returned...

[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with Harold DeForest talking to the interviewer about his son in law who was...

William Lansford and the other Marine Raider recruits were taken to Jacques Farm where they began their training. The...

Alfred Rodrigues reported aboard the Washington [Annotator's Note: USS Washington (BB-56)] as a five inch [Annotator's...

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