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In 1943, Frank Pantuso reported to the local recruiting station on his 18th birthday and joined the Marine Corps. He...

Richard Witaker volunteered for the United States Marine Corps because he was impressed by his friends who had done so...

Yellin is not sure if he was fired upon during landings and take offs from Iwo Jima. Yellin recalls that one of his...

William Hall heard a Japanese bomber fly a scouting mission over Midway Island. The squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine...

They [Annotator's Note: Jack Werner and the rest of the 7th Infantry Division] returned to Hawaii [Annotator's Note:...

Arthur Fishman's bunk [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Robinson (DD-562)] was near the engine room below deck. He...

Walter Broll passed through the station [Annotator's Note: the Merchant Marine training station at Sheepshead Bay in...

Charles A. Waller’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was his interaction with General MacArthur [Annotator's...

Harry Walker Wellford felt queasy much of the time on his destroyer [Annotator's Note: USS Harrison (DD-573)]. He often...

Sidney Philips remembers the whole platoon being sent away to Lejeune. Most of the men were put into the 1st Regiment....

Adolph Wilson thinks The National WWII Museum is great. It shows appreciation for the veterans who served in the war....

After spending months trying to kill Japanese, Oran Harris now had to live with them. He felt sorry for the civilians,...

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