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To Edmund Durocher, New Britain was just as bad as Guadalcanal. They went to New Guinea before they landed on New...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When James Wilson left Australia, they [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine...

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

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

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