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When they bombed Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], there...

Charles Brooks would have breakfast before dawn onboard the ship. He would then look to see his assignment for the day...

As soon as Stanley Stewart arrived in Noumea, New Caledonia, he was back in training. Assigned to the 1st Marine Air...

Theodore Marolda was born May 1923 in Winsted, Connecticut. He was born to a family of Italian immigrants and was the...

While heading to the invasion of Iwo Jima, Richard Nummer's convoy of ships was joined by numerous ships at Saipan....

In 1940, David Heath graduated high school and went to work on a farm. Later that year, he joined the Marines [...

After basic training, James Franklin Young was sent to New River, North Carolina and placed in the Fleet Marine Force....

Charles Womack shipped out from San Diego. He does not remember what he thought about as he left the United States. The...

Following departure from Guadalcanal, Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] was...

Charles A. Waller was born in August 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in the suburb of West Roxbury. He was...

Leon Williamson believed the PBYs [Annotator's Note: Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat] did a good job locating the...

For the first battle of the Matanikau, James Smith and the Raiders were going to go up the river and 1st Battalion, 7th...

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