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Jack Linscott was 16 years old when the war broke out. He did not know there was something going on in the Pacific. The...

Frederick Ellis had seven 40mm guns [Annotator's Note; Bofors 40mm automatic cannon] and 12 20mm guns [Annotator's Note...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee has difficulty speaking at times throughout this segment.] After a long wait, Rawley R....

After returning stateside, Adolph Wilson and a group of Marines drove from San Diego to Shreveport. They stopped at...

The train station manager said that the tracks were blown up and that passage to Yokahama would be impossible. Church...

They got on three different ships to haul the First Marine Division on August 25th [Annotators Note: 1944]. They...

Charles Struble was born in June 1924 in Benton, Illinois. He grew up there with one brother and one sister. He also...

James Smith went home on 2 September 1945. He had a good job in New Zealand where he stayed for the rest of the war [...

Monroe Scherer was shipped from Saipan to Guam [Annotator's Note: both in the Mariana Islands] for a few days before...

Buck Donaldson was involved in school. He would make the honor roll. He would participate in the plays. They moved to...

[Annotator's Note: Harold DeForest served in the Army as a gunner on a 60mm mortar in Company A, 1st Battalion, 129th...

[Annotator’s Note: This interview is outside so there is a lot of background noise throughout the clip.] Everett Pope...

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