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James Shelton Scales was born in April 1917 in Sandy Ridge, North Carolina. It was a farming community in Stokes County...

William Lansford was attached to the 27th Regiment [Annotator's Note: Regimental Headquarters, 27th Marine Regiment,...

The first thing that happened to Harry McKnight when he reached boot camp was a haircut. He was then given a rifle and...

Vernon wore a ring. Hershel Williams also wore a ring that was to remind him of his engagement to his fiancee Ruby....

The Marine Corps did not have any photographic organization prior to 1940 [Annotator's Note: Norman Hatch had joined...

Ralph C. Franklin attended Columbia University [Annotator's Note: in New York, New York] graduate school. He thought...

Richard Witaker experienced much the same climate on Okinawa as he knew at home. There were pine trees and cultivated...

John Mikus, Jr. was born in Meadow Lands, Pennsylvania in October 1921. His father was a coal miner. Mikus had seven...

[Annotator's Note: There is loud background noise throughout this clip.] Willie Roy Hebert, hates his first name of...

On his first day at sea, Robert Powers got seasick. One of his friends, Ned Meloney, played for the 49ers [Annotator's...

[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a radioman and rifleman in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]...

Edward Bale began training for the invasion of Japan after the end of the combat on Okinawa. He knew what to expect of...

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