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Church did not know what to expect when he surrendered. There was about 5000 troops with over 4500 backups. There were...

At night around Henderson field the fighting was rough [Annotators Note: on Guadalcanal]. Quintana could only aim at...

Since Richard Nummer had been separated from his original unit [Annotator's Note: Weapons Company, 28th Marine Regiment...

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

Leon J. Neiman met the native populations of Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands] numerous times...

Bryon Oliver boarded a ship in Norfolk, Virginia. Twenty one days after passing through the Panama Canal, Oliver was at...

Robert Erskine Hendrick [Annotator's Note: with Battery B, 6th Marine Defense Battalion on Eastern Island, Midway...

Michael Mervosh kept his binoculars in his pack the rest of the battle and he is thankful that he did. About a week...

Clayton Hall was pinned down [Annotator's Note: with Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...

During the war James Salerno did not like the Japanese and had nothing nice to say about them. The Japanese soldiers...

James L. Wheeler spoke to a high school class and there was a person of Japanese descent in it. He asked what Wheeler...

Robert Frederick Reed was stationed at Kagman Point while on Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands...

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