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John Reeder was unhappy with the way the reserve officers were being treated; he had overheard his commanding officer...

John Stiles took part in the occupation of Japan. He had to get a driver's license for Okinawa [Annotator's Note:...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Vaughn Whitworth if he experienced racism from other Marines while serving in...

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

William J. Twigger was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and lived his entire life there. He was the eldest of four...

Richard Nummer returned to the United States in July 1946 after being in Japan for nine months. While on the trip home...

Charles Martin remembers that the new tanks had 75 mm howitzers on them. Martin and a friend learned how to swim...

Charles Stix left Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] after the atomic bombs [Annotator’s Note: Nuclear...

Charles Womack remembers that the bunkers and emplacements were often different from one to the next. He came across...

Lloyd Dendy thinks that they shot several [Annotator's Note: Japanese] aircraft down while on Woodlark Island. There...

[Annotator's Note: Sumner Whitten served in the USMC as a pilot flying Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator dive bomber with Marine...

Jack Skaggs surrendered on Wilkes Island. Meanwhile, there were about 1,200 civilians on Wake Island. Commander...

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