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Robert Powers never saw his comrade who was captured again. He knew that if he were captured he would be killed. If...

Don Daniels was born in Columbia, South Carolina in December 1925. He lived there until he was 14. He then moved to...

Willie Roy Hebert joined the Marine Corps due to their reputation. He came out of boot camp as a PFC [Annotator's Note...

Lester Hecht and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Marine Aircraft Group 32 (MAG-32)] trained pilots in Honolulu [Annotator...

Lieutenant Hagerty was promoted as a liaison officer for the 1st Marine Division and coordinated all of the regiments...

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

James Shelton Scales trained recruits until the middle of 1943, when he received orders to report to Camp Pendleton,...

Richard Witaker had a memorable experience after the campaign for Okinawa was over and the island was declared secured...

While on occupation duty, Louis R. Lepore first stayed on the water front in Sasebo [Annotator's Note: Sasebo, Japan]....

They [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were put ashore on New...

John Mikus, Jr.'s rifle [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1 Garand] did not...

James Smith almost starved to death with only three days rations on his back. They were not organic to the 1st Marine...

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