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Ben Steele had not eaten in three days when he was captured. He was captured after walking out in front of an enemy...

One of Karr's uncles was an original member of the American Legion when it was founded in Paris in World War I. Another...

There were little pockets of resistance [Annotators Note: during the first days on Okinawa]. His company started...

Dave Severance remembers some of the men, including Ira Hayes, John Bradley [Annotator's Note: John Henry Bradley, also...

Jimmie Dyer does not recall having any feelings one way or the other against the Japanese at the time, although he...

Gerry Jones recalls when they [Annotator's Note: the 1st Marine Division] went to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu,...

Marvin Hill was born in November 1925 in Louisa County, Virginia, the only male child of six children. His father was...

Victor K. Carman joined the Navy because he did not want to be a foot soldier in the Army or Marines. He had flown a...

Walter Bowsher was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: after his liberation from a prisoner of war camp in Japan] where he...

Earl Angel returned to the United States in November 1945. His infant daughter had trouble sleeping at night until the...

Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams joined the Marine Corps on 17 March 1943. He trained at San Diego [Annotator's Note: US...

Harold Buell was assigned to the Wasp [Annotator's Note: USS Wasp (CV-7)] as a pilot in Squadron VS-71 [Annotator's...

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