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Thomas Tizzard was assigned to the USS Helena (CL-50) and sent to Nouméa, New Caledonia. A person had told him the...

[Annotator's Note: William Cart was assigned to Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 231 (VMSB-231) on Majuro Atoll, Marshall...

David Heath was told the Marines could not use a man with a hole in his stomach, so he was shipped back to Camp...

Lester Hecht and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Marine Aircraft Group 32 (MAG-32)] trained pilots in Honolulu [Annotator...

Romus Burgin and the 5th Marines [Annotator's Note: 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were among the first to...

Lyle Bird asked for, and his parents granted, permission for him to enter the Navy at age 17. He attended boot camp in...

John Burr remembers they went into the Sea of Japan as a group of nine submarines. They were surprised to see the...

Socrates Dendrinelis would always get the worst details. He was in a boxing match with some of the other guys on the...

It gives Quintana a good feeling to be able to say that he was a Marine Raider. He felt that the Raiders did not feel...

Edwin Henlebin described the beachhead as glutted with supplies. The problem was getting the material from the beach to...

Peter "Pete" Behr's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the landing at Leyte [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

The Marines on Midway were a little shook up themselves. Just after they landed, a bomber squadron from the Hornet [...

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