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Hershel Williams does not remember knocking out some of the pillboxes. One of them, however, Williams remembers, ran...

Norman Hatch finished his photography training in New York City sometime in April 1942 then returned to Quantico,...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. first encountered Japanese assault troops soon after Devereux [Annotator's Note: then US Marine...

[Annotator's Note: The video starts with a long conversation before the interview actually starts.] Lester Hecht was...

John Mikus, Jr. was in E Company, 26th Marines [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 5th...

Richard Witaker heard about the war ending in Europe and was grateful. More supplies would be coming to the Pacific. In...

Louis Burg was born in Brooklyn, New York in January 1921. He served with the 4th Marine Division during World War 2 in...

On 1 July 1943, Louis Burg [Annotator’s Note: who enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942] was ordered to active duty and...

Thomas Francis Schicker heard that they changed course four different times [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS General...

After returning stateside, Adolph Wilson and a group of Marines drove from San Diego to Shreveport. They stopped at...

The Marine Corps did not have any photographic organization prior to 1940 [Annotator's Note: Norman Hatch had joined...

Oscar Culp was able to write home during the time of his military service. The cost of postage has risen sharply over...

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