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Richard O'Hara was born in Chicago, Illinois in July 1925 and lived there until he was about 15. He considers...

John Mikus, Jr. was never attacked from the air [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26...

America is the only country and society in the world, in Arthur Jackson's opinion, equipped to take on the dictators of...

Leisey was sent to Pearl Harbor [Annotators Note: Hawaii] for surgery. They operated on his hand and back. It was a...

Oscar Culp was born in May 1925 in Charlotte, North Carolina. As a young African-American, he saw some of the biases...

James Shelton Scales did not have to make the initial landing [Annotator's Note: on Iwo Jima, Japan]. He and his...

Thomas Francis Schicker heard that they changed course four different times [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS General...

[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...

Asked what he thought about the Japanese, Earl Conklin said they were "pretty vicious," but conceded that combat makes...

George Colburn had never been away from home until arriving at Parris Island [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Recruit...

On the way to Okinawa, Joe Clapper answered a call on the ship's horn for all those wounded on Peleliu to appear...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Lowe and men from his outfit, a detachment of the US Marine Corps' 1st Defense Battlion, were...

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