Search results

Map is loading...

When they reached the field hospital, Edmund Durocher was put on a stretcher in the mortar platoon area. At the bottom...

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

William Hall reached North Island and was assigned to one of two Marine Corps fighter units being organized. Fighter...

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

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

Robert J. Ferris joined Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) as a replacement pilot [Annotator's Note: when...

Melvin C. Whitman had few harassing fire missions during the nights when the Japanese would move on Peleliu [Annotator'...

Harry McKnight learned how to follow orders in boot camp. It helped him in battle. He was in good shape because he was...

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

Richard Witaker experienced much the same climate on Okinawa as he knew at home. There were pine trees and cultivated...

Church recently made a trip back to Guam and laid a wreath down at the monument for the soldiers killed there during...

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

Oral History