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William Darling [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion,1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] made fire...

Jack Skaggs was on Wake Island on 23 December 1941 when the Japanese launched their amphibious invasion of the island....

Raymond Urban was born in September 1920 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. They left there when he was young and moved around...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. drove his truck to multiple locations on Wake Island in support of the defenders. The huge...

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

Martin Banyas sailed all the islands [Annotator's Note: a Marine gunner on USS Santa Fe (CL-60)] including Saipan [...

Deen remembers the fear that was prevalent among the replacements, yet they responded when it was time to fight. He...

Louis Burg [Annotator's Note: a second lieutenant in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

Sidney Philips remembers being in San Diego for two weeks [Annotators Note: after returning from his combat tour in the...

David Heath found out he was behind Japanese lines. To evade the 800 soldiers, the Marines walked behind them, up a...

Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was sent to...

John Mikus, Jr. was with the old paratroopers on Vella Lavella [Annotator's Note: Battle of Vella Lavella, 15 August to...

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