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William Pierce never fired a rifle until he was in the Marine Corps. He became a marksman and then an expert rifleman....

Leo William Schmittgens recalled the first day on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945], his regiment [Annotator's...

There were a lot of good guys in Frank Stewart's unit with the exception of some of the officers. On Guadalcanal,...

Gerry Jones completed several missions with his partner, Mack [Annotator's Note: unable to verify identity], throughout...

Dave Severance remembers some of the men, including Ira Hayes, John Bradley [Annotator's Note: John Henry Bradley, also...

Benjamin Carson served with James Roosevelt who was President Roosevelt's [Annotator's Note: President Franklin D....

Joe Morris returned home after being in Peking, China for some weeks. He boarded an aircraft that flew him to San Diego...

Walter Bowsher joined the Marines and went to boot camp in San Diego. He attended sea school there and then was...

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

James Franklin Young was sent to Parris Island [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in Beaufort...

Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Keefe joined VMF-323 [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighter Squadron 323 (VMF-323), called the "Death...

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

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