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A great number of the troops that were mustered were from the South. Warren J. Haslauer believes the Southern people,...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot in Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in combat...

Chuck feels that a lot of veterans have embellished their prisoner of war experience. He felt as if it was not that bad...

Sidney Philips remembers explosions everywhere. Small arms fire everywhere. The total concern was for yourself. It is...

Lloyd Augustus Chamblin, Jr. knew most of the men in his squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 133...

After being discharged in August 1946, Harry McKnight went home and enrolled in the University of Ohio [Annotator's...

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

[Annotator's Note: Anthony Costa begins this segment by discussing his transfer to Japan aboard one of the prisoner of...

Thinking he would ship out the next day, Frank Campisano took the family car to be sworn into the Navy. But when he...

Jimmie Dyer went through infantry training at Camp Pendleton, California. When he landed at Guadalcanal, where the 6th...

[Annotator's Note: Don Daniels entered the service in February 1944.] When he reported on the last day of the month, he...

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

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