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[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee pauses and speaks slowly throughout this clip.] William Ward Crawford returned to...

By the time he went overseas, Julian Trist Bringier McConnell did not have heavy ammunition. He spent most of his time...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Houston served in the US Marine Corps as a rifleman in 3rd Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion,...

Jack D. Samuelson saw his first combat at Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg...

Melvin C. Whitman was surprised the Japanese did not fight back against the invasion [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

William Pierce recounts an instance of Japanese night time infiltration [Annotator's Note: during combat operations on...

Thomas Francis Schicker says the Japanese would put cut off heads, penises, testicles and put them on shafts. They...

Stewart Bass participated in the sinking of the Japanese battleship Yamato on 7 April 1945. Weather conditions were not...

William J. Twigger had a cousin his age. His cousin and his brother had joined the Marine Corps early in the war....

That same day, Robert Powers [Annotator's Note: Powers asks for the helmet he wore the day he was shot] was on top of...

When general quarters were announced, Francis Borrell had to be in his position as fast as possible. He would sit at...

Dale LeBlanc joined his unit [Annotator's Note: 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division] on Guadalcanal in August...

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