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Francis John "Dick" Varone had not spoken much about his wartime experiences until he joined a group of other veterans...

Roy Stewart can recall when the Marines raised the flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. He was at an airfield and heard...

Fermer Kellogg learned to swim, survive jumping in a burning pool, handle a rifle and march while training [Annotator's...

James Born was born in 1922 in Denver, Colorado. His father was a railroad man so his family was living in Denver or...

Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] was cold. At night on the northern end of the island, Louis R. Lepore...

One of the replacements sent to James Goodrich's squad was killed before Goodrich ever got his name because he did not...

Roy Stewart and his unit [Annotator's Note: in the 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division] entered the "amphitheater...

One night, Floyd James Reissig called general quarters while sailors were sleeping on the deck. There was an...

David Lansou [Assigned to the 5th Joint Assault Signal Battalion, 5th Marine Division] made an invasion on Iwo Jima [...

Oliver Donald Anthony Babbits was still on the ship when the Marines on Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan]...

Morris Semiatin volunteered for the Marine Corps [Annotator's Note: in 1944]. His brother was serving in the Army in...

George Morgan was tasked at Iwo Jima to swim to a peninsula in the island and place a battery operated light on it. It...

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