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Benjamin Carson was born in February 1923 on a farm in Ottawa Township, Minnesota. Shortly afterward, his family moved...

Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams was born in Ballinger, Texas in May 1925. In the 1920s, his parents owned a ranch. Because...

Willie Roy Hebert qualified as expert on the M1 [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as...

Robert A. Addison was born in Akron, Ohio on 7 December 1922. The family moved several times but settled down in...

Deen was hit on the top of Wana Ridge [Annotators Note: Okinawa, April 1945]. He was hit by a Japanese knee mortar....

Philip Mayer was a sergeant [Annotator's Note: in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division]...

James Bowie was stationed in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp. He lived in a tent in...

The barracks Charles Womack and the other Marines stayed in when they were on Pavuvu the first time were still there...

Sumner Whitten noticed heavily armed Marines around the runway. At about that time they were warned to be prepared for...

In civilian life, William J. Twigger had a dear friend who became an officer in the Navy. By stroke of luck, he wrote...

Sidney Philips remembers someone being perfect. He was handsome, young, and the girls loved him. Phillips tells...

After the Japanese surrendered, James Stewart Rosenbaum thought he would be heading home, but he and his unit [...

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