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Louis R. Lepore did not take part in the practice invasions at Maui [Annotator's Note: Maui, Hawaii] before going to...

[Annotator's Note: Don Daniels entered the service in February 1944.] When he reported on the last day of the month, he...

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

Lester Hecht's commanding officer's name was John L. Smith [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Colonel John Lucian Smith...

Frank Campisano was told he would be in the first wave for the invasion of Japan. He departed for his old camp on...

Another frightening experience Gravois had was during the Battle of the Matanikau River. For the battle they [Annotator...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] was on the airstrip on the second day [...

James Shelton Scales landed on Saipan [Annotator's Note: Battle of Saipan, 15 June to 9 July 1944, Saipan, Mariana...

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

Richard O'Hara and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion] saw very little action. When...

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

James Goodrich thinks that people had a greater hatred for the Japanese than the Germans in America. He credits hearing...

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