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Basilone [Annotator's Note: Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone] and his guys went ashore in the third wave. William...

Harry McKnight was not smart enough to be afraid until he heard shells firing for the first time. It took time for him...

The older guys in the division [Annotator's Note: 1st Marine Division] went home after Peleliu [Annotator's Note:...

Willie Roy Hebert joined the Marine Corps due to their reputation. He came out of boot camp as a PFC [Annotator's Note...

When John Mikus, Jr. enlisted in the Marine Corps, war was different than it is today. The whole country went to war....

Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] heard a man...

Arthur Jackson was born in Cleveland and grew up in Canton, Ohio. His father was a watch maker and eventually ended up...

While the ships were circling, Hershel Williams had to use the bathroom, which was essentially a pump that circulated...

Ralph C. Franklin did not pass his first physical for the Marine Corps because he was underweight. He ate bananas and...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. witnessed the end of the fighting on Wake Island. It was chaotic. He [Annotator’s Note: then US...

After the war, Mac Glenn Morris returned to happy parents but no large celebration. He did what he had to do. He...

The trip overseas for Richard Witaker was difficult because so many of his fellow Marines got seasick on the 31 day...

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