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Marvin A. Roslansky [Annotator's Note: a US Marine assigned to the Guam Insular Force Guard in Guam, Mariana Islands]...

Sumner Whitten was born in Newton, Massachusetts. After high school he went to Amherst College. In college he was in...

James J. Hill enjoyed the swimming opportunities near his base when not in action. There were ideal conditions for it....

Nevin Sledge admired the SeaBees [Annotator's Note: Members of US naval construction battalions]. They did everything...

Jimmie Dyer entered the service in March 1944 after making a deal with his mother to finish high school. He was sworn...

Salvatore Famularo was born in Amsterdam, New York in September 1925. He had a sister and a brother. He was the oldest...

Edgar Cole went to communications school and finished at the head of his class. He was automatically assigned to...

Charles Brooks saw purple flak on his first combat mission off the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6...

After boot camp, Richard Nummer returned home for only one day before he returned to San Diego. Some trainees went AWOL...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Carrel Reavis where he thinks the Montford Point Marines fit into the Civil...

When they [Annotators Note: James Smith and the rest of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] went back to New Zealand, they...

James Salerno believes that World War 2 made him a better person. It made him feel lucky to be alive. He feels like it...

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