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

[Annotator's Note: The tape begins with the interviewee describing an attack on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan, by...

Louis R. Lepore joined the Marine Corps in September 1942 and retired in May 1971 after 29 years of service. Lepore...

Richard Nummer was born in 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. He had five brothers and a sister, all of who were raised in...

George N. Boutwell was born in July 1924 in Birmingham, Alabama. He grew up with one older brother and a younger sister...

Frank Kern served as a corporal in A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines [Annotator's Note: 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd...

Rosamund Naylor was at home listening to the radio when she heard the speech about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Day...

Albert G. Sutcliffe was sent to Pearl Harbor's [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] in preparation for going to the...

Henry James Bird served with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Regiment, 2nd Marine Division [Annotator's Note: Company F...

James Bazet was born in December 1923 in New Orleans, Louisiana. When he was two years old, he was taken to live in...

Louis Burg [Annotator's Note: a second lieutenant in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

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

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