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William Darling [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion,1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was...

Kenneth Killilea boarded a hospital ship offshore of Iwo Jima after being wounded in action. The largest pieces of...

William Hall reached Sand Island in the Midway Atoll with his personal equipment. Midway was a stopping point for Pan-...

Harry McKnight was not smart enough to be afraid until he heard shells firing for the first time. It took time for him...

The picture of Leisey is on half a dozen things that he can think of. He has copies of the picture that go back to 1944...

Samuel Ukrop was not changed a bit by the war. He had no bad dreams of combat although some of his dreams are realistic...

Edward Bale did not see any particular danger to his tanks in the second and third day of combat on Tarawa except for...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot with Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in the...

Ralph C. Franklin did not pass his first physical for the Marine Corps because he was underweight. He ate bananas and...

[Annotator's Note: George Peto served in the US Marine Corps in a machine gun section in 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine...

Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...

Melvin C. Whitman and the rest of the artillery [Annotator's Note: Whitman was a member of Battery L, 3rd Battalion,...

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