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Richard Witaker was apprehensive about going ashore before Okinawa. He had seen his first indications of war while at...

George Colburn was born in Medford, Massachusetts in March 1926. His sister died as an infant and he grew up alone. His...

When the Japanese came ashore they had battleships, planes, and superior equipment. Church and his men were using .30...

Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Junior [Annotator's Note: with the Military Police Company, Headquarters Battalion, 5th...

Adolph Wilson and his outfit sailed back to Hawaii after Iwo Jima. They were being trained to assault Sasebo, Japan as...

Robert Frederick Reed was born in January 1921 on a farm near Rochester, Indiana where he lived for his first 18 years...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Lowe was with the 1st Defense Battalion at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.] They were on a guard duty...

Thomas Joseph Lemme always felt he could keep up with the other Marines while he was in service. Training was not bad,...

Clayton Hall's most memorable experience of the war is fighting and wondering what he would be doing if he ever got out...

Thomas Edward Pugh was sent to the Marine Recruit Depot for boot camp in San Diego, California. He was woken up early...

There would be holes in the line where there were not enough men [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Okinawa, 1...

Calvin Moore used his G.I. Bill to buy a house and go to school. The G.I. Bill was important to post World War 2...

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