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Sidney Philips remembers the Marines bringing the amphibious tank up the creek from the beach. It was just sitting...

Gerald West didn't think often of the Raiders after the war. In recent years the numerous reunions and meetings West...

Frank H. O'Leary and his platoon set up on the Tenaru River [Annotator's Notes: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands]. On the...

The Americal [Annotator's Note: the US Army Americal Division] came in in October [Annotator's Note: October 1942] and...

Frank Campisano was eager to do his part. He was told he would be put wherever the Marine Corps needed him, which was...

When the grenade blew Quintana off the hill he does not remember if it knocked him unconscious but he does remember...

Allen Tillery was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1925. He was attending high school in Shreveport when the Japanese...

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.]...

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...

Kenneth Killilea received his Marine Corps boot camp training at Parris Island. The moment he stepped off the bus upon...

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