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When the flag went up on Mt. Suribachi [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, February 1945], Hershel Williams was too busy in...

There were no jobs when Charles Bruce got out of the service. He got married right away. He met a high school girl and...

James Shelton Scales did not have to make the initial landing [Annotator's Note: on Iwo Jima, Japan]. He and his...

On 7 December 1941, Benjamin Albert Glusing was at Camp Bowie [Annotator’s Note: in Brownwood, Texas] without an...

After boot camp, Norman Elliott was assigned to a newly-commissioned ship, the USS Pasadena (CL-65). From the Boston...

Jack Pierce had a good job offer on the West Coast. He tried to get discharged there, but they would not do it. He...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee taps a cup throughout the segment.] Caroline Bailey Pratt and her family were interned...

Walter Bud Gafford was present on the morning of 7 December 1941 when the Japanese attacked [Annotator's Note: the...

Adolph William Amundson was sent to Jacksonville, Florida to train in multi-engine planes. He flew PBY’s [Annotator's...

Paul Sparacino was born in July 1943 in Simmesport, Louisiana. His father drove a log truck. They moved to Alexandria,...

Earnest then had to make a decision, he was already a 2nd lieutenant in the Army but he was not sure if he wanted to be...

Irwin R. Schneider was born in August 1921 in Newark, New Jersey. He was raised there. His father was a school teacher...

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