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

Henry Quinton Pike was assigned to a gun on the USS Hornet (CV-8) to transport civilians to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

Following the battle of Okinawa, Richard Witaker learned more about Japanese strategies and preparations for the Marine...

After the war, James Smith had a hard time adjusting to civilian life. He got a job before he was even discharged from...

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

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] was on the airstrip on the second day [...

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

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

After three months in Japan, Edward Bale had the necessary points to rotate back to the United States. He left Nagasaki...

Dave Severance recalls some of the Japanese soldiers continuing to fight against the Army relief units and some even...

Frank Kern, [Annotator's Note: with A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division], arrived in...

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

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