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David Lansou was drafted into the Marine Corps [Annotator's Note: in 1943]. His parents were proud that their sons were...

Leisey's father was a railroad worker and his mother was a garment worker. They survived the Great Depression by...

Frank H. O'Leary and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division]...

Jacklyn Lucas goes around the country on speaking tours. He wears his medal [Annotator's Note: the Medal of Honor; the...

Leisey shook hands with Eleanor Roosevelt in Pago Pago [Annotators Note: Samoa] when she came through the hospital he...

Frank H. O'Leary took a job as the clothing quartermaster at Camp Lejeune [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp...

Jacklyn Lucas returned to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] in 1985. He has been back there three times and...

In Iceland, Keith Renstrom took and passed the test for corporal. When he got back to San Diego, he took the test for...

[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...

Gerry Jones recalls that the Japanese would push the Okinawan [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] natives through the...

Norman Hatch does not think of his experiences on Tarawa or Iwo Jima continuously. Rather, his experiences flood back...

James H. "Jim" Pritchard was sent to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands] after it had been...

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