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Robert Powers never saw his comrade who was captured again. He knew that if he were captured he would be killed. If...

[Annotators note: Interview starts off in mid conversation about the format of the interview.] Richard Greer was born...

Edward Bale and his tanks loaded into LCMs [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft, Mechanized] and then into an LSD [...

Another problem they had was when they 1st arrived on the island they ran out of food. When they landed they had the...

Don Daniels was born in Columbia, South Carolina in December 1925. He lived there until he was 14. He then moved to...

When John Mikus, Jr. enlisted in the Marine Corps, war was different than it is today. The whole country went to war....

Lester Hecht and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Marine Aircraft Group 32 (MAG-32)] trained pilots in Honolulu [Annotator...

When the Marines were about half way down Okinawa the Japanese got around behind them. Robert Akins and some of his...

After eight weeks of boot camp, James Goodrich was sent to Camp Elliot. Camp Pendleton was not around at that time....

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 5th Marine Division] was on Iwo Jima, Japan [Annotator's Note:...

James Shelton Scales trained recruits until the middle of 1943, when he received orders to report to Camp Pendleton,...

After the war, Mac Glenn Morris returned to happy parents but no large celebration. He did what he had to do. He...

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