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Elmer Koenig enlisted on 7 May 1943. He graduated from high school in June 1943. His parents expected him to join. In...

Bill Norberg [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] paid a visit to the Kwajalein Islands [Annotator's...

Crump came back after the war to visit some of his buddies. He got there the very day they were floating the ship. They...

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

Robert Addison was born in Akron, Ohio in December 1922. Growing up he was very athletic and played many different...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee has difficulty speaking at times throughout this segment.] Rawley R. Hill [Annotator’s...

William J. Twigger [Annotator's Note: and Company F, 2nd Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division] came...

[Annotator's Note: Richard Higgins served in the US Marine Corps in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...

Alvin Barnes was drafted into the Navy. He previously knew he would have to serve. He had no problem with boot camp. He...

Archibald Boyd Rackerby was born in July 1920 in Washington, D.C. because his mother and her family were Washingtonians...

Harold Jones and his unit [Annotator's Note: 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division] went to Lipa [...

Following Navy tradition, Harlan Twible was the last person to be pulled out of the water. He was picked up by the...

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