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Allen Tillery was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1925. He was attending high school in Shreveport when the Japanese...

Francis John "Dick" Varone enlisted in the Marine Corps by himself. He waited until he received orders to report to...

Forrest Villarrubia and the Marines on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Monitor (LSV-5)] were loaned to General...

Steve McMurray was born in June 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father worked as an accountant for a realty company...

James Wilson landed in Wellington, New Zealand [Annotator's Note: on 11 July 1942] and it was cold and raining. They [...

Thomas Francis Schicker and the men [Annotator's Note: of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine...

Harry Bender enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1944 and went through boot camp, which had him wondering why he decided to...

Church recently made a trip back to Guam and laid a wreath down at the monument for the soldiers killed there during...

Quintana did not mention events from the war too often; he talked about the war later in life. After he had his glass...

[Annotator's Note: A person off screen interjects throughout the interview.] Harold G. Cowart and his unit [Annotator's...

One night the men were on a 100 percent alert. Robert Akins was manning the 37mm antitank gun. Around two in the...

Carrel Reavis was in the CCC Camp [Annotator's Note: Civilian Conservation Corps] as First Sergeant of his company in...

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