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When the Marines were about half way down Okinawa the Japanese got around behind them. Robert Akins and some of his...

Benjamin Carson found that evacuating Makin Island was far more difficult that arriving there. The tide worked against...

Charles Joseph Fox was born in New Roads, Louisiana. His father was a levee contractor for the Army Corps of Engineers...

[Annotator’s Note: Construction vehicles can be heard in the background throughout the segment, as well as someone in...

Norman Hatch disembarked his ship in Nagasaki Harbor to begin the occupation of Japan and immediately saw the...

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

Ed Weber went into the service on 5 December 1942 and went to the San Diego Marine Corps base [Annotator's Note: Marine...

Marvin A. Roslansky [Annotator's Note: a US Marine assigned to the Guam Insular Force Guard in Guam, Mariana Islands]...

[Annotator's Note: George Peto served in the US Marine Corps in a machine gun section in 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine...

James L. Wheeler was born in Los Angeles, California, in February 1926. His father was a dairy man, and his mother was...

James J. Hill had Pappy Boyington [Annotator's Note: later US Marine Corps Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington] as his...

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

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