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Jimmie F. Dyer was born and raised on a farm in Castro County, Texas in April 1926. His dad was a farmer and there were...

At the end of the battle [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Louis R. Lepore was brought back to the beach and given a...

Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams was in high school in 1941 in Ozona [Annotator's Note: Ozona, Texas]. They were shocked [...

Lester Hecht was having a beer on liberty in Honolulu [Annotator's Note: Honolulu, Hawaii] when the man next to him,...

Mack graduated from high school June 1st, 1943. He entered the United States Navy on July 13th, 1943 and was discharged...

Charles Brooks was sent to VT-3 [Annotator's Note: Torpedo Squadron 3 (VT-3)] which was forming up on the big island at...

Earl Conklin was born in September 1921 in Saint Louis, Missouri. He was a "depression boy" whose father worked for the...

The military aide told Hershel Williams to take the envelope and do not open it as it was a court martial offense if it...

[Annotator’s Note: Video skips throughout the segment and the sound does not sync with video.] Robert C. Hammond Jr....

Frank Pomroy and his fellow Marines walked down to the sandspit at the mouth of the Tenaru River and stared at the dead...

Clyde Hymel was born in Garyville, Louisiana in April 1926, and had fun growing up there. His father was a supervisor...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Houston served in the US Marine Corps as a rifleman in 3rd Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion,...

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