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Hanson, Wilfred Tank Combat at Peleliu
Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] ran to the...
Severance, Dave Iwo Jima Flag Raisings
On 23 February 1945, the battalion commander sent four men from Company F [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion,...
Haslauer, Warren Closing Thoughts
A great number of the troops that were mustered were from the South. Warren J. Haslauer believes the Southern people,...
Darling, William Battle of Peleliu
William Darling [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion,1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] arrived at...
Shannahan, Claude Some Bad Times
In Norfolk, Claude Shannahan met a WAVE [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service] girl during...
Whitman, Melvin Fighting on Okinawa
Melvin C. Whitman was surprised the Japanese did not fight back against the invasion [Annotator's Note: Battle of...
Witaker, Richard "Dick" Battle of Okinawa
Richard Witaker landed on Red Beach 2 on Easter Sunday, April Fool's day of 1945 [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945]. The...
Ukrop, Samuel Mount Yae-take on Okinawa
Samuel Ukrop [Annotator's Note: while serving with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division...
Guidone, Frank Fighting on Tulagi
[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone joined the US Marine Corps in July 1940. After completing boot camp he joined the 1st...
Powers, Robert Early Life and Joining the Marine Corps
Robert Powers was born in June 1924 in St. Paul, Minnesota, but grew up in Hopkins, Minnesota. Growing up, he lived...
Borne, Edwin Major James Devereux
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. saw that he [Annotator’s Note: then US Marine Corps Major; later Brigadier General, James...
Mikus, John Paratrooper Training
In paratrooper training, John Mikus, Jr. was trained as infantry. They had special weapons. In boot camp, they used the...

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