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After listening to Walter Winchell [Annotator's Note: Walter Winchell, American newspaper columnist] on the radio...

John Stiles boarded the USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145). It was a troop ship and it was an interesting experience....

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

When the morning came, someone told Jack Houston that he 22nd [Annotator's Note: 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine...

William J. Twigger had a cousin his age. His cousin and his brother had joined the Marine Corps early in the war....

Jack Skaggs was assigned to L Battery on Wilkes Island in the Wake Island atoll. The battery had an old 5 inch 51 gun [...

Carrol Smith was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in March 1925. He grew up outside of town. It was a good place to grow...

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

In 1940, David Heath graduated high school and went to work on a farm. Later that year, he joined the Marines [...

[Annotator's Note: This interview is conducted with a group of Navajo veterans present, many of whom can be heard off-...

When Morris Semiatin was discharged [Annotator's Note: in February 1946], he wanted to become a photographer, which he...

Bloody Ridge had other names but that night it was officially named Bloody Ridge. It was the one spot that the Japanese...

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