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Robert Frederick Reed's unit trained with rockets in Hawaii, after having trained for bombing and torpedoes. Reed...

As the Japanese aircraft came in, they [Annotator's Note: the Navy] would fire antiaircraft at them [Annotator's Note:...

Returning home and being discharged from the Marine Corps was bittersweet for Edgar Cole. At the time prejudice was...

They would get up at four in the morning on Pavavu. They were in King (K) Co. 3-1 [Annotators Note: K Company, 3rd...

When he went into combat for the first time, Steve McMurray said he, like everyone else, was scared. When he came upon...

George Peto served with the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World...

Kenneth Killilea left Maui and traveled by LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship Tank] to Saipan. The Japanese did not...

After Arthur Jackson got back to the United States [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Battle of Okinawa...

Gerald V. West was born in Glens Falls, New York in October 1919. His family owned a farm of about 140 acres and West's...

Edward Bale and his Marine Corps Medium Tank Company were told that the enemy resistance on the island of Tarawa would...

Carrel Reavis was born in Lawrenceville, Virginia. He grew up in the country on a farm. He had a large family, 17 kids...

Vaughan Whitworth got a couple of weeks to prepare prior to reporting to Montford Point [Annotator's Note: Camp...

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