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Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. and the Marines on Wake Island had heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...

James Goodrich was taken from Iwo Jima to a hospital on Guam. He was on Guam for about 12 or 13 days before being...

George Peto had a unique experience there [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa] one time while watching kamikazes hitting...

Richard Witaker distrusted both civilians and soldiers on the Japanese held island of Okinawa. He once had to remove a...

In paratrooper training, John Mikus, Jr. was trained as infantry. They had special weapons. In boot camp, they used the...

Norman Hatch joined the 2nd Division [Annotator's Note: 2nd Marine Division]. The 2nd Division did not have any...

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

William Lansford continued training while he was in Hawaii waiting for the Raiders who had carried out the raid on...

Adolph Wilson and his battalion of the Marine Paratroopers arrived in Noumea, New Caledonia. They had been preceded by...

[Annotator's Note: The interview opens with Thomas Francis Schicker already in conversation with the interviewer.] When...

After the attack, Robert Powers continued moving south towards the battalion CP [Annotator's Note: command post]. They...

The first time Willie Roy Hebert had ever been on a ship was when he was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana...

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