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Keith Renstrom joined the Marine Corps on 13 June 1940. He went through boot camp in San Diego. He was raised on a farm...

Richard O'Hara and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion] saw very little action. When...

Robert Powers was born in June 1924 in St. Paul, Minnesota, but grew up in Hopkins, Minnesota. Growing up, he lived...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. saw that he [Annotator’s Note: then US Marine Corps Major; later Brigadier General, James...

Richard Witaker landed on Red Beach 2 on Easter Sunday, April Fool's day of 1945 [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945]. The...

After being discharged in August 1946, Harry McKnight went home and enrolled in the University of Ohio [Annotator's...

Overall, Robert J. Ferris enjoyed his experience in World War 2 and was glad he was a pilot. He comments on serving...

Edward Bale went to Okinawa at the beginning of the assault as part of a deception force that did not land. The 2nd...

Thinking he would ship out the next day, Frank Campisano took the family car to be sworn into the Navy. But when he...

George Peto had a unique experience there [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa] one time while watching kamikazes hitting...

John Mikus, Jr. almost got shot when he got back to the United States. He wanted to call home. The women Marines had...

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