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Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. was on lookout duty with hi-powered binoculars when the first invasion attempt on Wake Island...

Arthur Jackson's first contact with the enemy on Okinawa was during a patrol. He volunteered for everything. He was...

Samuel Ukrop was not changed a bit by the war. He had no bad dreams of combat although some of his dreams are realistic...

Mervin Jensen was ready for discharge. They were unloading a ship that had oxygen cylinders on it. They were used for...

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

[Annotator's Note: George Peto served in the US Marine Corps in a machine gun section in 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine...

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

William Hall settled down after the war with the Marines but grew angry with the Marine Corps and quit. He did not like...

The war made Harry McKnight appreciate being a Marine and the freedom he has in this country [Annotator's Note: The...

[Annotator's Note: James McEnery served in the USMC as a rifleman in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...

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

Louis Burg initially wanted to fly planes in the military, but his family did not want him to. His mother tore up his...

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