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Kenneth Dwight Wells arrived in the Russell Islands [Annotator's Note: Russell Islands, Solomon Islands] and spent some...

David Lansou served in World War 2 in the signal company, headquarters battalion, 5th Marine Division. He was born in...

William Lansford continued training while he was in Hawaii waiting for the Raiders who had carried out the raid on...

Ed Weber saw a movie with John Payne [Annotator's Note: John Howard Payne, American actor] and Maureen O'Sullivan [...

Burton "Burt" Johnson was with his unit [Annotator's Note: 1st Marine Division] on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa,...

Bailey has seen the Okinawan civilian jumping off of cliffs on television. It puzzles Bailey how two Okinawan women...

James J. Hill flew the F4F Wildcat [Annotator's Note: Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft] which was the best, until...

William Pierce recounts an instance of Japanese night time infiltration [Annotator's Note: during combat operations on...

As the American advance through the Pacific moved closer and closer to the Japanese mainland, enemy resistance grew...

Around 21 June 1945, the 1st Marines [Annotator's Note: 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were relieved by the...

Nevin Sledge remembers that everything was secretive. One of the generals was killed by a sniper. A Marine general took...

During the war there are individual units with individuals doing their jobs. On Tinian [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

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