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William Darling [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion,1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was on the...

Angus Francis Mestayer is 95 years old. He was born in 1922 in Loreauville [Annotator's Note: Loreauville, Louisiana]....

The training Marines receive is to make sure that they are always ready. After boot camp, Keith Renstrom went into...

Richard Witaker was born in March 1926 in Saugertis, New York. Saugertis was a small town about 100 miles north of New...

[Annotator's Note: The interview starts with Martin Banyas mid-sentence talking about being drafted.] Banyas learned...

Leisey's father was a railroad worker and his mother was a garment worker. They survived the Great Depression by...

Henry Quinton Pike was part of the 3rd Raider Battalion [Annotator's Note: 3rd Marine Raider Battalion]. He had two...

After boot camp, Robert Powers joined a rifle company at Camp Elliot, then volunteered for a Marine Raider unit. He...

The National World War II Museum awarded Marine combat cameraman Norman Hatch with the Silver Service Award for his...

Louis R. Lepore joined the Marine Corps in September 1942 and retired in May 1971 after 29 years of service. Lepore...

Edward Bale heard of a Japanese soldier throwing a magnetic mine on a tank inland of Red 3 beach. He did not learn the...

Thomas Goss was sent overseas to New Caledonia with his unit [Annotator’s Note: Marine Air Group 25] as a radio...

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