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Charles Joseph "Charlie" Fox chose the Marine Corps rather than another branch because it was the Japs [Annotator's...

Bailey was assigned to unloading ships. When he wasn't unloading ships he was walking around. He couldn't stay still....

Don Daniels was born in Columbia, South Carolina in December 1925. He lived there until he was 14. He then moved to...

Lenwood Steglich never talked about his time in the Navy. His family never asked him about it. His three grandchildren...

After being assigned to a squadron [Annotator's Note: as a navigator in Marine Bombing Squadron 612 (VMB-612), a North...

Loren Bennett stayed out at sea for about two or three months after the war was over. He was ready to get out of the...

Harold “Hal” Leith [Annotator’s Note: as a member of the Office of Strategic Service (OSS), the forerunner of the...

Lloyd Dendy was the company bootlegger on Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu, Palau]. They made a still out of aluminum...

[Annotator’s Note: Sound and video are not in sync throughout segment.] Wallace Johnson’s mother signed a paper stating...

James Bollich was liberated by the Russians. Near the end of the war, the Japanese put out an order for all POWs [...

Martin Banyas has restricted use of his shoulders as a result of his wartime service [Annotator's Note: as a Marine...

[Annotator's Note: Allen Tillery served in the USMC as a Japanese language specialist. For the campaign in the Marshall...

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