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Whitten, Sumner Driving Cross Country, Pearl Harbor and Overseas Deployment
Sumner Whitten would rent his car out for five dollars per night. Whitten took his graduation leave in New England then...
Arceneaux, Arthur Reflections
Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior went into the service as a green, inexperienced young man. During the war, he travelled...
Salerno, James Iwo Jima
As they neared Iwo Jima, James Salerno and the others were told that it would not take more than a week to take the...
Phillips, Sidney Crossing the United States
Sidney Philips remembers the whole platoon being sent away to Lejeune. Most of the men were put into the 1st Regiment....
Twigger, William Enlistment to Okinawa
William J. Twigger had a cousin his age. His cousin and his brother had joined the Marine Corps early in the war....
Stevens, Kenneth Souvenirs and Dreams of Iwo Jima
Kenneth E. Stevens [Annotator's Note: with Company E, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division] did not...
Cole, Edgar Family Expectations
Returning home and being discharged from the Marine Corps was bittersweet for Edgar Cole. At the time prejudice was...
Dendy, Lloyd Advanced Artillery Training
Lloyd Dendy and his brother went to Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego, California by train. When they arrived in San...
Rosenbloom, Myers Occupation duty
Myers Bernard Rosenbloom was a payroll clerk [Annotator's Note: in the 2nd Marine Division]. Everyone was trained in...
Rackerby, Archibald "Archie" Wounded by Friendly Fire
Archibald Rackerby was training to go to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] after Bougainville [Annotator's...
Semiatin, Morris Reflections
When Morris Semiatin was discharged [Annotator's Note: in February 1946], he wanted to become a photographer, which he...
Stewart, Frank Joining the National Guard, the CCC and the US Marine Corps
When the Battle of the Tenaru River ended, Lieutenant Port recommended Frank Stewart for the Navy Cross but the captain...

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