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William H Greason believed that African-American servicemen helped the Civil Rights Movement. In 1963, Greason was a...

Edward Bale and his tanks loaded into LCMs [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft, Mechanized] and then into an LSD [...

Morris Semiatin volunteered for the Marine Corps [Annotator's Note: in 1944]. His brother was serving in the Army in...

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

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

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

Just about every day there was something amazing for Kenneth E. Stevens [Annotator's Note: with Company E, 1st...

Robert Powers never saw his comrade who was captured again. He knew that if he were captured he would be killed. If...

Lieutenant Hagerty was promoted as a liaison officer for the 1st Marine Division and coordinated all of the regiments...

Lester Hecht and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Marine Aircraft Group 32 (MAG-32)] trained pilots in Honolulu [Annotator...

Richard Higgins was not on Bloody Nose Ridge but he was close it. Another man Higgins had great respect for was Red...

They [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were put ashore on New...

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