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Norman Hatch departed Tarawa after the battle concluded and went to Hawaii with the 8th Marine Regiment. The US Army...

George Vincent Ross was born in September 1926 in Albany, New York. He grew up there. He had one brother, Edward, and...

Kenneth Killilea and the 4th Division returned to Maui from Tinian. There was a big luau and then training started...

Claude Shannahan joined the 3rd Marines [Annotator's Note: 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division]. He went with the...

William Hall was born in Denver, Colorado in July 1920. His family soon moved to Green River, Wyoming where his father...

Robert Akins discusses how the heroes were the ones who gave their lives 10,000 miles from home. Of the 120 men in his...

William "Bill" Arthur Pummill and his unit [Annotator's Note: Weapons Company, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division...

Edward Bale and his Marine Corps Medium Tank Company [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Corps Tank Battalion (medium)]...

Harry McKnight arrived at Sugar Loaf Hill [Annotator's Note: a part of the Japanese defensive line known as the Shuri...

Walter Bowsher was made mellow by World War 2. While he was a brig warden after the war, he found that he had empathy...

Ralph C. Franklin went to Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] before the division [Annotator's...

Melvin C. Whitman was surprised the Japanese did not fight back against the invasion [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

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