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[Annotator's Note: Edmund Durocher served in the US Marine Corps as a radio telephone operator in Company H, 2nd...

Gravois didn't get any sleep during the 2 nights he was on Tarawa. The Japanese tried to infiltrate their lines, but...

Gerald Francis "Jerry" Coleman [Annotator's Note: a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot with Marine Scout-Bomber...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled that one day [Annotator's Note: one day while he was taking part in the Battle of...

Richard Greer saw a few Red Cross things and the show Bob Hope was in on Pavuvu. He only watched for a little while...

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

After his furlough, James Goodrich was told to report to Camp Pendleton. At the time Goodrich did not know what or...

Richard O'Hara took a train with eight others to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]. They did not know...

Walter Bowsher was captured and then sent to China in February. [Annotator’s Note: Bowsher was a member of the 1st...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the US Marine Corps] served in World War 2. He was on active duty in...

Giles Bacon remained at Merritt Island for five months before transferring to Quantico, Virginia. He then transferred...

Ira Schilling is a proud American and a proud veteran of World War 2 and thinks that the existence of The National WWII...

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