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

William Cart fought in World War 2 because he "did not have a hell of a choice." He was 18, in good health, and they...

James Smith recalled that the Japanese attacked at around nine that night and things were going bad. A number of...

Lloyd Augustus Chamblin, Jr. knew most of the men in his squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 133...

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

William Wayne says that Iwo Jima, Japan is shaped like a shoe. The part he was on was deep, thick, volcanic ash that...

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

On 23 February 1945, the battalion commander sent four men from Company F [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion,...

Richard Witaker felt hatred for the Japanese before the assault of Okinawa. The feelings had begun with the surprise...

Norman Hatch joined the 2nd Division [Annotator's Note: 2nd Marine Division]. The 2nd Division did not have any...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. saw that he [Annotator’s Note: then US Marine Corps Major; later Brigadier General, James...

Gerald Francis "Jerry" Coleman [Annotator's Note: a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot with Marine Scout-Bomber...

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