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George Colburn got a ten-day leave to go home after bootcamp. Two of his buddies were home at the same time. He then...

Frank Pantuso was born in November 1925 in San Antonio, Texas. He says his mother and father worked hard to support the...

Anthony Costa enjoyed it [Annotator's Note: his prewar service in the United States Marine Corps] because he was able...

Ed Weber went into the service on 5 December 1942 and went to the San Diego Marine Corps base [Annotator's Note: Marine...

Calvin Moore left boot camp in September 1943. He attended his sister's funeral and returned in time to be shipped out...

Charles Joseph Fox was born in New Roads, Louisiana. His father was a levee contractor for the Army Corps of Engineers...

Robert Lowe boarded the USS Tangier (AV-8) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii [Annotator's Note: on 15 December 1941]. He wondered...

Leisey believes that the Marine Corps teaches one to be a giver as well. He sometimes wakes up in the middle of the...

One day in late 1945 Allen Tillery was called in to the office of the colonel and informed that his application for the...

James J. Hill had Pappy Boyington [Annotator's Note: later US Marine Corps Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington] as his...

As an executive officer [Annotator's Note: executive officer of 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

Marvin A. Roslansky [Annotator's Note: a US Marine assigned to the Guam Insular Force Guard in Guam, Mariana Islands]...

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