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They did not know the exact cause of his death since he was in halfway decent shape but initially they were told his...

Robert Addison saw his first action on Tulagi which is a small island off the larger island of Guadalcanal [Annotator’s...

Another torpedo came and hit the USS California [Annotators Note: during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor]. Another...

The first weapon William J. Twigger had when he entered the Marine Corps was the Springfield rifle [Annotator's Note: ....

Joseph L. Harrison was in Yokosuka [Annotator's Note: Yokosuka, Japan] in November [Annotator's Note: November 1945]....

[Annotator's Note: Jacklyn Lucas stowed away on a troop train from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina to Camp Linda Vista,...

Hilar Moore was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands], which was the forward base for the...

Bill Toledo was born in northern New Mexico. [Annotator's Note: The video glitches at a few points.] When he was a baby...

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

William Pierce was in Parris Island boot camp for eight weeks. He did what he was told and experienced the rigors of...

Another problem they had was when they 1st arrived on the island they ran out of food. When they landed they had the...

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