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Lloyd Dendy and his brother went to Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego, California by train. When they arrived in San...

William J. Twigger had a cousin his age. His cousin and his brother had joined the Marine Corps early in the war....

In late summer of 1951 John Reeder returned to the United States. He was immediately sent to Quantico, Virginia for a...

Carrol Smith was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in March 1925. He grew up outside of town. It was a good place to grow...

Jack Skaggs and his fellow Marines laughed at the Japanese bombing the lagoon. Nothing was being accomplished while the...

James Pringle was born in Sumter, South Carolina in November 1925. Life growing up was rough. He worked in grocery...

Mack was born in his grandparents home. He lived there as an infant. When he got a little older his parents moved to a...

Frank Pomroy arrived on Guadalcanal from New Caledonia after being left aboard the troopship George F. Elliot [...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom can be heard off-...

Rob Roy Ratliff was born in 1923 in Webb City, Missouri. He recalled playing in the fields near the old mines as a boy...

Philip Mayer was a sergeant [Annotator's Note: in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division]...

fter occupation in Japan, Elroy Gambino and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment,...

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