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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,...

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...

There would be holes in the line where there were not enough men [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Okinawa, 1...

Allen Horton was commissioned out of midshipmen's school in Chicago, Illinois, and proceeded to Scouts and Raiders...

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

[Annotator's Note: he was], Walter Knapps [Annotator's Note: a Marine guard on Ford Island Naval Air Station during...

Robert Powers went ashore unopposed at Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]. He was in a foxhole with his buddy...

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

Thomas Kolesa feels he had the best education he could have ever gotten from the Marine Corps. When he got into...

Charles Womack saw many civilians on Okinawa. The civilians would bow as the Marines passed by them. Womack's unit [...

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