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James Salerno stayed in San Diego for about four or five months. From there they went to Pearl Harbor where they saw...

William Cart completed V-7 [Annotator’s Note: V-7 US Navy College Training Program, 1940 to 1945] school and chose the...

Warren J. Haslauer and his men [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division]...

Richard Greer experienced some bayonet fighting during the Battle for Henderson Field but more so at Point Cruz. They...

James Franklin Young was shipped from Pavuvu [Annotator's Note: Pavuvu, Russell Islands] to Peleliu [Annotator's Note:...

When Arthur Pendleton was on the ridge he recalled a shell from a Japanese naval gun landing in front of them. The...

William Wayne had joined the Marine Corps with John Shepperly who got shot through the arm landing on Iwo Jima, Japan....

After 29 days aboard ship, O’Neil Ducharme landed at Guadalcanal [Annotator’s Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands]. Upon...

The veterans felt better having other veterans around. When replacements came in Robert Akins knew that they were well...

James Shelton Scales was born in April 1917 in Sandy Ridge, North Carolina. It was a farming community in Stokes County...

Mervin Jensen went to advanced training at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San...

[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a rifleman and radio operator in Company B, 1st Marine Raider...

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