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Mack was going to bring his carbine home with him. He put it in his sea bag and had all of his stuff packed around it....

Kenneth Killilea and the 4th Marine Division left Maui to invade the Japanese island of Saipan. It was a disaster from...

William Darling [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion,1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was...

Raymond Loidolt took a Navy destroyer back to the United States from China. They went through mines [Annotator's Note:...

[Annotator's Note: Henry Bourgeois served in the USMC as a pilot flying Vought F4U Corsair fighter aircraft with Marine...

Harry McKnight was not smart enough to be afraid until he heard shells firing for the first time. It took time for him...

Edward Bale operated the M4 Medium Tank [Annotator's Note: also known as the Sherman] during World War 2 except when he...

Samuel Ukrop was not changed a bit by the war. He had no bad dreams of combat although some of his dreams are realistic...

William Hall reached Sand Island in the Midway Atoll with his personal equipment. Midway was a stopping point for Pan-...

Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...

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

Melvin C. Whitman and the rest of the artillery [Annotator's Note: Whitman was a member of Battery L, 3rd Battalion,...

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