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Mahlen Arledge entered Japan on a landing craft after the end of the Pacific war. Though told that the troops did not...

While on Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Mariana Islands], Armando Galella said the signal guys would go out on Ducks...

When the grenade blew Quintana off the hill he does not remember if it knocked him unconscious but he does remember...

Claude Shannahan didn't meet any Paramarines at Bloody Ridge. They got beat up landing on Guadalcanal. The rations on...

After gunnery training, Clarence Lee "Jack" Dobbs was sent to a staging area in Lincoln, Nebraska, then to Harvard,...

Gerry Jones had joined the Marine Scout and Sniper Company, which was different than the Marine Raiders as he explains...

Howard Warren Stokes was born in 1926 in Lodi, California and was an only child. His father supported his family during...

Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. started his Navy service on 30 October 1942 at Columbia University [Annotator's Note: in...

James L. Wheeler was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands] to train for the Battle of Japan....

William O’Brien was the second officer to the skipper. They had a cook, a quartermaster, three machinist mates, three...

Jack Skaggs was on Wake Island during the first Japanese bombing raids on the islands. The Marines had assigned VMF-211...

In preparation for hitting the beaches, Joe Clapper said a soldier's main concern is that he has enough ammunition. He...

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