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

Before going to Guam, Robert Powers and the four Marine Raider battalions were put into one regular unit, the 4th...

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

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

Following departure from New Georgia, Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] reached...

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

On 11 July 1944, George Colburn and two others went into the Federal building in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston,...

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...

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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