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4th Marine Division cemetery on Saipan. Official caption:'"4th Marine Division cemetery on Saipan. Marine Corps Photo...

Lt. General Holland McTyeire "Howlin' Mad" Smith at 2nd Marine Division Cemetery on Saipan. Official caption:'"Lt....

Edward Bale witnessed the pre-landing bombardment of Saipan. The Navy had learned from previous experiences. The...

Forrest Villarrubia volunteered for the Marines the day after his high school graduation. His mother would not sign for...

Kenneth Killilea and the 4th Division returned to Maui from Tinian. There was a big luau and then training started...

Kenneth Killilea was climbing up a mountain on Saipan when he and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd...

James Shelton Scales was the battalion executive officer of the 1st Battalion [Annotator's Note: 1st Battalion, 23...

[Annotator's Note: Person offscreen interjects throughout the interview]. Harold G. Cowart and his unit headed to Maui...

[Annotator's Note: A person off screen interjects throughout interview.] There were big rainstorms while there [...

Vaughn Whitworth boarded a troop train to Norfolk, Virginia where he loaded onto the USS James O'Hara (APA-90) and...

Fortunately, the boat Michael Mervosh was in did not get hit [Annotator's Note: by Japanese artillery fire during the...

Returning to the United States, Vaughn Whitworth was offered a promotion to reenlist. He had had enough and went home....

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