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There would be holes in the line where there were not enough men [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Okinawa, 1...

After Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945 at Iwo Jima, Japan], Robert Erskine...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom answer questions...

James Shelton Scales majored in insurance when he was in college. He signed up as an insurance agent after the war. He...

When the flag went up on Mt. Suribachi [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, February 1945], Hershel Williams was too busy in...

Charles Brooks entered the United States Navy. He was first shipped to Athens, Georgia for basic physical training...

Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BAR man, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion,...

The second day they were run out by the Japanese again [Annotators Note: On Okinawa, April 1945]. Deen notes that it...

When James Wilson left Australia, they [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine...

Being in a hole with Jimmy Grimes when he got shot through the head, and Harrington got his belly split open stands out...

Sidney Philips remembers explosions everywhere. Small arms fire everywhere. The total concern was for yourself. It is...

Arriving at Corpus Christi, Texas, John Reeder underwent "primary training," which was made difficult by some of the...

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