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Richard Nummer entered service in November 1943 at 17 years old. He went to San Diego for boot camp. That was his first...

Charles Brooks would have breakfast before dawn onboard the ship. He would then look to see his assignment for the day...

John Stiles boarded the USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145). It was a troop ship and it was an interesting experience....

[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a radioman and rifleman in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] They...

Arthur Pendleton participated in a lot of covert operations. It was interesting work. Pendleton did not know the...

Myers Bernard Rosenbloom was a payroll clerk [Annotator's Note: in the 2nd Marine Division]. Everyone was trained in...

William J. Twigger had a cousin his age. His cousin and his brother had joined the Marine Corps early in the war....

As they neared Iwo Jima, James Salerno and the others were told that it would not take more than a week to take the...

Vaughn Whitworth remembers celebrating V-J Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945]. He felt that...

After the Battle of Peleliu, Romus Burgin was one of four men from the 5th Marine Regiment to be considered for a field...

When Morris Semiatin was discharged [Annotator's Note: in February 1946], he wanted to become a photographer, which he...

After he got home, Charles Stix started at the University of Cincinnati [Annotator's Note: Cincinnati, Ohio]...

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