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Benjamin Carson assessed the battle for Bougainville to be unique in the sense that the intent was not to capture the...

Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Junior [Annotator's Note: with the Military Police Company, Headquarters Battalion, 5th...

Robert Frederick Reed's unit trained with rockets in Hawaii, after having trained for bombing and torpedoes. Reed...

Charles Womack shipped out from San Diego. He does not remember what he thought about as he left the United States. The...

Thomas Goss was stationed overseas on Guadalcanal [Annotator’s Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] with his unit [...

[Annotator's Note: William Cart graduated flight training then was sent to Naval Auxiliary Air Station Miramar, in San...

Francis John "Dick" Varone was born in October 1925 in Mechanicville, New York. He was raised there with his two...

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

Samuel Tso changed his age to join the Marine Corps. He was 18 years old at the time and could not find a job. He went...

As soon as Stanley Stewart arrived in Noumea, New Caledonia, he was back in training. Assigned to the 1st Marine Air...

Harold G. Cowart was born in September 1924 in Statesboro, Georgia. His parents were sharecroppers and he and his 11...

In February 1945, Floyd Fogg was among the Marines of the 23rd Marines, 4th Division [Annotator's Note: 23rd Marine...

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