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John Mikus, Jr. took a ship zig-zagging [Annotator's Note: a naval anti-submarine maneuver] across [Annotator's Note:...

Frank Pomroy estimates that the Japanese battleship bombardment [Annotator's Note: on the Marine positions on...

Frank Campisano was eager to do his part. He was told he would be put wherever the Marine Corps needed him, which was...

James Shelton Scales boarded a troop ship on New Year's Eve, 1944. He boarded APA-154, the Lowndes [Annotator's Note:...

Adolph Wilson fought through some of the worse jungles on Bougainville. It had everything imaginable. It rained every...

Charles A. Waller believes there should be institutions like the National WWII Museum [Annotator's Note: The National...

One DI [Annotator's Note: drill instructor], a Corporal Carlin [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling; unable to identify...

Norman Hatch received his orders to the 5th Marine Division while he was still in the United States as his...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the US Marine Corps] feels some of the films about World War 2 are...

Leisey's father was a railroad worker and his mother was a garment worker. They survived the Great Depression by...

Clayton Hall and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] had...

George Colburn only heard scuttlebutt [Annotator's Note: a period slang term for a rumor]. He was just a Private and...

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