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Ralph C. Franklin did not pass his first physical for the Marine Corps because he was underweight. He ate bananas and...

After the war, Anthony Costa attended Junior College and Berkley [Annotator's Note: University of California at...

Charles Martin was at Camp Pendleton [Annotator’s Note: in Oceanside, California] when they formed the 1st Amphibious...

When the grenade blew Quintana off the hill he does not remember if it knocked him unconscious but he does remember...

Daniel J. Lawler deployed to the Pacific in November 1943. He felt sufficiently trained. Training was hell, but he used...

James Salerno cannot remember a lot of things that happened during the war. He does remember that there was a lot of...

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

[Annotator's Note: Michael Mervosh served in the USMC in Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

Clarence Wolf Guts [Annotator's Note: a code-talker – a person employed by the military to use a little-known language...

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

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

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