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Westbrook, James Drafted and Training
James Roland Westbrook enlisted in the Marine Corps in March 1943. He wanted to be a Marine even though his father, who...
Guidone, Frank Football and navy law
[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone served in the US Marine Corps as a member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]When...
Dendy, Lloyd Duty in Key West
After leaving the Pacific, Lloyd Dendy was sent to the Key West Naval Operating Base [Annotator's Note: Naval Base Key...
Mc Murray, Steve Combat on Iwo Jima
On their approach, Steve McMurray had heard that the landings on Iwo Jima were not going well. The scenes on the...
Wilson, James Chesty Puller and Late Promotion
James Wilson left Peleliu [Annotator's Note: after the Battle of Peleliu, September to November 1944, Peleliu, Palau]...
Arceneaux, Arthur Missed Kills and War's End
Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior [Annotator’s Note: a pilot with Marine Night Fighting Squadron 542 (VMF(N)-542)] was...
Bailey, Herman Segment 5
On the 16th [Annotator’s Note: 16 May 1945 on Okinawa] Bailey moved out but got pinned down again and took cover in...
Lawler, Daniel Deployment to the Pacific
Daniel J. Lawler deployed to the Pacific in November 1943. He felt sufficiently trained. Training was hell, but he used...
Skaggs, Jack Liberation, Returning Home, and Discharge
Following the Japanese surrender, Jack Skaggs and his fellow POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] made an American...
Rosenbloom, Myers Overseas deployment
In February or March 1943, Myers Bernard Rosenbloom went to Camp Pendleton[Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp...
Schilling, Ira Combat on Guadalcanal
Ira Schilling killed a Japanese soldier on Guadalcanal with a shotgun. In the morning, before the Marines moved out...
Wolf Guts, Clarence Reflections
Clarence Wolf Guts [Annotator's Note: a code-talker – a person employed by the military to use a little-known language...

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