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Earl Conklin was born in September 1921 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He was a "depression boy" whose father worked for the...

Earl Conklin joined the 1st Marine Division [Annotator's Note: as a rifle platoon leader in Company A, 1st Battalion,...

Calvin Moore left boot camp in September 1943. He attended his sister's funeral and returned in time to be shipped out...

[Annotators note: Interview starts off in mid conversation about the format of the interview.] Richard Greer was born...

Robert Frederick Reed found that flying near Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] was traumatic, knowing that...

When Dale LeBlanc heard the news that the battle [Annotator's Note: Battle of Okinawa] was over he was relieved. One...

Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...

As an executive officer [Annotator's Note: executive officer of 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

When the Marines were about half way down Okinawa the Japanese got around behind them. Robert Akins and some of his...

[Annotator's Note: Arthur Pendleton served in the US Marine Corps as a machine gunner in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st...

Landing on 1 April [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945], Joe Clapper's platoon went into Okinawa right below Kadena, with...

George Colburn does not believe in bravery. The last thing on your mind is getting a medal. Medals counted for points...

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