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Gerry Jones recalls when they [Annotator's Note: the 1st Marine Division] went to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu,...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Houston served in the US Marine Corps as a rifleman in 3rd Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion,...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled the constant mortar [Annotator's Note: M1 81mm mortar] firing during World War 2...

The war taught Frank Pryor obedience, discipline, and how to take care of himself. He thought it was advantageous for...

Gerald West returned to the United States and went to a camp on Catalina island. There, the Marine Corps was training...

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

Lloyd Dendy and his brother enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserves. When the Korean War broke out they were called back...

After being wounded in Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] Kenneth Dwight Wells was taken to an airfield and...

When Mervin Jensen received his draft notice, he thought everyone else had to go so he would to. He went to Fort...

While Richard Greer and his fellow Marines were on Guadalcanal they were bombed almost constantly. They were hit at ten...

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

Norman Hatch graduated from high school in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1938. The Depression [Annotator's Note: Great...

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