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Walter Groth thought he would not have been there if it was not for the war. He was headed into certain death. He was a...

George Joseph Bertucci was born in July 1925 in New Orleans and was raised there. His mother passed when he was three...

Frank H. O'Leary took a job as the clothing quartermaster at Camp Lejeune [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp...

James had his back to the explosion when it occurred. 1 shell that went all the way through the armor and came near the...

Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters and Service Company, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...

Ellis Whaley was born in Lumberport, West Virginia in December 1923. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio. He went to high...

[Annotator’s Note: Video skips throughout the segment and the audio does not sync with video.] Robert C. Hammond Jr....

Rivers Richardson King was born in October 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Great Depression effected his family...

Robert Swan left the island [Annotator's Note: Midway Island] around 8 or 10 June [Annotator's Note: June 1942]. Even...

They found out the Japanese operation was going to take place at Midway. Nimitz had to get his aircraft carriers back...

When the war started everyone started working with what they had. Merrill's group patrolled up and down the Hawaiian...

After the conclusion of World War 2, Robert W. "RW" Pratt, [Annotator's Note: assigned as the gunnery officer aboard...

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