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David Lansou served in World War 2 in the signal company, headquarters battalion, 5th Marine Division. He was born in...

Giles Bacon remembers that the Japanese aircraft were close enough to shoot at, which he did. He had no idea if he hit...

On December 7th [Annotator's Note: 7 December 1941], Robert Erskine Hendricks [Annotator's Note: with Battery B, 6th...

Carrol Smith was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in March 1925. He grew up outside of town. It was a good place to grow...

Mac Glenn Morris was born in January 1944 in Bessemer City, North Carolina. He had two older brothers. His father was...

Helen Ehlers was born in September 1923 in Cicero, Illinois. She had two brothers and one sister. Her father was a...

Giles Bacon remained at Merritt Island for five months before transferring to Quantico, Virginia. He then transferred...

O’Neil Ducharme’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was being assigned to guard duty at Shangri-La, known today...

James Pringle was born in Sumter, South Carolina in November 1925. Life growing up was rough. He worked in grocery...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] moved up to the next island because there...

Homer Johnson made many friends with people from the South. They taught Johnson how to treat White people. Many of the...

James H. "Jim" Pritchard was born in August 1925 in Ottawa, Kansas. He grew up there. He had three sisters and two...

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