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James Shelton Scales did not think about his family much, except that he missed his wife and daughter. His wife wrote...

Forrest Villarrubia found the weather on Guam to be beautiful while he was stationed there after his tour in Leyte. The...

It gives Quintana a good feeling to be able to say that he was a Marine Raider. He felt that the Raiders did not feel...

[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone joined the US Marine Corps in July 1940. After completing boot camp he joined the 1st...

[Annotator's Note: Anthony Costa begins this segment by discussing his transfer to Japan aboard one of the prisoner of...

James Bowie joined the Marine Corps. He only knew what he saw in the newsreels. He had an uncle who served in the Navy...

Quintana did not talk about the war much when he got home. He did not talk about it with his kids, however with age he...

Anthony Costa was sent to Osaka aboard a ship to work on the docks there. He was in a transport ship hold where he did...

James Bowie was stationed in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp. He lived in a tent in...

Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior and his squadron [Annotator’s Note: Marine Night Fighting Squadron 542 (VMF(N)-542)] had...

Carrel Reavis went from Virginia to basic training on a segregated train. When he went overseas, his ammunition company...

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