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Frank Pomroy had decided to go on a third invasion regardless of whether or not he would be sent home. The Marines drew...

[Annotator's Note: Archibald Rackerby was wounded by friendly fire while training on Guadalcanal on 9 March 1944.]...

After Bougainville, James Salerno and the Raiders went to New Zealand for some R...

James Smith was known as Horse [Annotators Note: also as Horse Collar] during his time in the Marine Corps. He earned...

On Tarawa there were Japanese bunkers everywhere. They were right on the other side of the wall. They had firing ports...

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

When they reached the field hospital, Edmund Durocher was put on a stretcher in the mortar platoon area. At the bottom...

Archibald Rackerby stayed in the Marine Corps after the war ended. He was not 100 percent after his injury. [Annotator'...

Charles Womack was born in October 1922 and grew up in McComb, Mississippi. His parents were divorced and his father...

While Richard Greer and his fellow Marines were on Guadalcanal they were bombed almost constantly. They were hit at ten...

Robert A. Addison was born in Akron, Ohio on 7 December 1922. The family moved several times but settled down in...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Houston served in the US Marine Corps as a rifleman in 3rd Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion,...

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