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William Pierce remembers a buddy being wounded on Okinawa. It was the same buddy who had fired a shot erroneously and...

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

John Edward Campbell’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was machine guns waking him up during Pearl Harbor [...

One of the replacements sent to James Goodrich's squad was killed before Goodrich ever got his name because he did not...

Joe Morris was born in Daisy, Georgia in September 1925. Two years later, he and his family moved to Jacksonville [...

Edmund Durocher was born in Manhattan and moved to Queens when he was eight years old. He graduated from high school in...

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

James L. Wheeler was born in Los Angeles, California, in February 1926. His father was a dairy man, and his mother was...

Henry James Bird [Annotator's Note: assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division]...

Frank Stewart was in the hospital on Espiritu Santos. After about ten days, he decided to go down the hall to the...

Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Keefe's unit [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighter Squadron 323 (VMF-323), known as the "Death Rattlers...

Leo William Schmittgens was finally able to return home [Annotator's Note: after seven months of occupation duty in...

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