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Kenneth Dwight Wells joined Company F, 2nd Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division on the front lines...

Ed Weber was on furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] in Dallas [Annotator's...

When he was on the front line, Kenneth Dwight Wells saw people, Japanese soldiers and Okinawan civilians alike, as a...

Giles Bacon visited the military cemetery at Honolulu years after the war. It is a beautiful memorial. One of the men...

At war's end, Gerry Jones was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] preparing to invade mainland Japan. They...

Kenneth Killilea left the United States and sailed with the 4th Marine Division to Roi-Namur in the Kwajalein Islands...

Claude Shannahan lives in Harrison Township. He draws a pension from Chrysler but worries how long that will last with...

James J. Hill was with 12 others [Annotator's Note: of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 (VMF-214)] over Rabaul [Annotator's...

Henry James Bird served with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Regiment, 2nd Marine Division [Annotator's Note: Company F...

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Edward Bale was sent to Philadelphia to the Marine Corps basic officer's course and...

While in Charleston [Annotator's Note: Charleston, South Carolina], Roger A. Lewis did guard duty at a German POW [...

Leo William Schmittgens remembered after all the firing ceased [Annotator's Note: after a firefight during the Battle...

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