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Mack graduated from high school June 1st, 1943. He entered the United States Navy on July 13th, 1943 and was discharged...

Jacklyn Lucas returned to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] in 1985. He has been back there three times and...

William Pierce was born in Queens Village Long Island, New York in January 1925. He grew up in Queens and attended...

The military aide told Hershel Williams to take the envelope and do not open it as it was a court martial offense if it...

Joe Morris was born in Daisy, Georgia in September 1925. Two years later, he and his family moved to Jacksonville [...

Gerry Jones recalls that the Japanese would push the Okinawan [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] natives through the...

Robert Addison was born in Akron, Ohio in December 1922. Growing up he was very athletic and played many different...

Joe Morris and his unit [Annotator's Note: 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were anchored offshore the morning...

While on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], Gerry Jones was called over the radio to search for some Japanese...

Ira Schilling killed a Japanese soldier on Guadalcanal with a shotgun. In the morning, before the Marines moved out...

Benjamin Carson was on Guam when the war in the Pacific came to an end. All of the ship whistles and horns were blowing...

Leo William Schmittgens thought he was treated well by the veteran Marines. He learned a lot from them and cherished...

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