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Jack Skaggs and his fellow Marines laughed at the Japanese bombing the lagoon. Nothing was being accomplished while the...

Robert A. Addison was born in Akron, Ohio on 7 December 1922. The family moved several times but settled down in...

[Annotator's Note: Raymond Urban was working in Santa Ana, California when Marine Fighter Squadron 212 (VMF-212) was...

The first time William J. Twigger took fire from the Japanese was on 18 May [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of...

George N. Boutwell was born in July 1924 in Birmingham, Alabama. He grew up with one older brother and a younger sister...

As soon Philip Mayer got off the boat [Annotator's Note: in Melbourne, Australia], he was ordered to help extinguish a...

Two or three weeks after Joseph L. Harrison arrived back on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands], the atomic...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...

Henry Baul believes the military offered a bit more racial respect than his civilian life. While in the Marine Corps,...

Bill Toledo saw his first combat on 1 November 1943. He landed on the island of Bougainville [Annotator's Note:...

When Gravois landed on Saipan they were being shelled. Gravois lost 2 men when they landed. They were put into the line...

William Lansford served as a machine gunner in the weapons platoon of Company E, 2nd Marine Raider Battalion on...

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