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It is important to study and learn about World War 2 as well as World War 1 [Annotator's Note: global war originating...

Michael Mervosh was born in Pittsburgh in 1923. The Great Depression taught him how to be frugal. At 18, he joined the...

Harry McKnight was not smart enough to be afraid until he heard shells firing for the first time. It took time for him...

Henry Quinton Pike was assigned to a gun on the USS Hornet (CV-8) to transport civilians to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

The trip overseas for Richard Witaker was difficult because so many of his fellow Marines got seasick on the 31 day...

Ralph C. Franklin did not pass his first physical for the Marine Corps because he was underweight. He ate bananas and...

Melvin C. Whitman and the rest of the artillery [Annotator's Note: Whitman was a member of Battery L, 3rd Battalion,...

Edward Bale and his tanks loaded into LCMs [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft, Mechanized] and then into an LSD [...

[Annotators note: Interview starts off in mid conversation about the format of the interview.] Richard Greer was born...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] was on the airstrip on the second day [...

Robert Powers never saw his comrade who was captured again. He knew that if he were captured he would be killed. If...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. met Dr. Ozeki [Annotator's Note: Dr. Shigeyoshi Ozeki was a Japanese veteran of the Battle of...

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