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In preparation for hitting the beaches, Joe Clapper said a soldier's main concern is that he has enough ammunition. He...

Robert Frederick Reed was stationed at Kagman Point while on Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands...

Thomas Kolesa was born in July 1924. He married at 18 and had three children. He is originally from Illinois and moved...

Francis John "Dick" Varone enlisted in the Marine Corps by himself. He waited until he received orders to report to...

James Smith went home on 2 September 1945. He had a good job in New Zealand where he stayed for the rest of the war [...

Forrest Villarrubia recollects climbing up a tree and being shot at as his most memorable occurrence of World War 2. [...

James Bowie was part of the invasion of Guam [Annotator’s Note: The Battle of Guam, Mariana Islands; 21 July to 10...

Harold G. Cowart trained on an M1 rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1...

Thomas Francis Schicker and the men [Annotator's Note: of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine...

Frank Stewart was standing outside of the White House in Washington D.C. when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor...

Dave Severance thought they would be sent home once they took the mountain [Annotator's Note: Mount Suribachi on Iwo...

After all he witnessed in the war, Anthony Costa had no negative feelings toward the Japanese. He was raised with...

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