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

In March or April [Annotator's Note: March or April 1944], Donald Draxler returned to Schofield Barracks [Annotator's...

Jack Linscott remembers that the Liberty ships [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo ships] were not...

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

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

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

George Joseph Sullivan was on a ship gun crew. When he would be sitting off the beach, he would ask to go ashore. Once...

Gene Alair was aboard the USS Astoria (CA-34) during the battle of Guadalcanal. Saipan was a big operation [Annotator’s...

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

Howard Ricks basically tried to stay alive through various close calls at Saipan. On Saipan, his outfit [Annotator's...

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

Richard Yavenue was told to pack his sea bag and wait to be shipped out as a replacement. He was later assigned to the...

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