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The Marine Corps did not have any photographic organization prior to 1940 [Annotator's Note: Norman Hatch had joined...

John Mikus, Jr. was born in Meadow Lands, Pennsylvania in October 1921. His father was a coal miner. Mikus had seven...

On his first day at sea, Robert Powers got seasick. One of his friends, Ned Meloney, played for the 49ers [Annotator's...

Ralph C. Franklin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 13 July 1920. Life was wonderful during his youth. Raised in a middle...

After Harold Rosen was wounded, he went back into action. The shrapnel was embedded and it allowed him to serve, but...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. realized that there were no officers to protect the Wake Island Marines who were prisoners of...

[Annotator's Note: There is loud background noise throughout this clip.] Willie Roy Hebert, hates his first name of...

Mac Glenn Morris flew missions [Annotator's Note: as a dive bomber pilot in Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 236 (VMSB-236...

Lester Hecht went to boot camp at Parris Island in South Carolina. He got in shape. It did not bother him. He was older...

Gerald Francis "Jerry" Coleman was born [Annotator’s Note: in September 1924] in San Jose [Annotator's Note: San Jose,...

[Annotator's Note: Edgar Cole had been drafted into the US Marine Corps and was on his way to Camp Lejeune, North...

Richard Witaker recognizes the valuable role played by the American home front in winning the war. Without the...

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