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Richard T. Russell, Jr. did his first missions into China and Formosa [Annotator's Note: modern day Taiwan]. They had...

At the same time Rochford was getting relieved, Captain Goggin was replacing him and was on the way to take over. There...

Lowell Rodrigue was born in June 1924 in Edgard, Louisiana, but was raised in St. Rose, Louisiana. His father worked...

When Ed Weber first got overseas, the war was not going well. In August 1942 when the Marines took Guadalcanal [...

Philip Schweitzer's first time away from home was his trip to basic training. Schweitzer thinks that at the time, the...

Before the war ended, Louis J. Armentaro's division [Annotator's Note: Armentaro was a member of Company F, 2nd...

James Morehead discusses his aerial victory while he was on an escort mission over Romania. He saw two planes that...

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

Ferrier got to Pearl Harbor the day after the Hornet [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet CV-8, aircraft carrier] sailed. They...

Nevin Sledge remembers that everything was secretive. One of the generals was killed by a sniper. A Marine general took...

Clayton Hall was pinned down [Annotator's Note: with Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...

Hugh Ettinger was assigned to an LST [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] in Evansville, Indiana on the Ohio River...

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