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Conklin, Earl Prewar Life and Entrance Into Service
Earl Conklin was born in September 1921 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He was a "depression boy" whose father worked for the...
Daniels, Don Japan Surrenders
[Annotator's Note: Don Daniels was part of a Marine machine gun crew during the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japan.] He says...
Pomroy, Frank Japanese Dead at the Tenaru River
Frank Pomroy and his fellow Marines walked down to the sandspit at the mouth of the Tenaru River and stared at the dead...
Kern, Frank War's End
Frank Kern, [Annotator's Note: with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] was on the...
Lansford, William Leading Patrols on Iwo Jima
William Lansford was attached to the 27th Regiment [Annotator's Note: Regimental Headquarters, 27th Marine Regiment,...
Wilson, Adolph Troops on Iwo Jima and Going Home
Adolph Wilson was a platoon sergeant on Iwo Jima but acted as a lieutenant after the officers were wounded or killed....
Scales, James Being an Officer
When James Shelton Scales was promoted to captain and given his own company [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Battalion...
Williams, Hershel "Woody" Segment 4
Vernon wore a ring. Hershel Williams also wore a ring that was to remind him of his engagement to his fiancee Ruby....
Houston, Jack Motivations, Drill Instructors, and China
Jack Houston had three reasons for enlisting. The first was patriotism. The second was that all of his friends were...
Houston, Jack Okinawa and Tokyo Rose
When Jack Houston arrived off Okinawa he was not as afraid as he should have been. In the hours before they left the...
Lemme, Thomas Hospital Stay and Postwar
Thomas Joseph Lemme remained in recovery in the hospital until the end of the war [Annotator's Note: he had been...

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