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James Pringle signed up to fight in the war. The majority of them [Annotator's Note: Black Americans] had. It was not...

As an executive officer [Annotator's Note: executive officer of 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

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

Robert Erskine Hendrick's [Annotator's Note: with Battery B, 6th Marine Defense Battalion] father [Annotator's Note:...

After the island of Saipan was secured, Ira Schilling and his assault engineer squad of 2nd Marine Division remained on...

Sumner Whitten was born in Newton, Massachusetts. After high school he went to Amherst College. In college he was in...

Rob Roy Ratliff was assigned to the communications section of Headquarters, 5th Marine Division. At the time, the 5th...

James Wilson recuperated and was taken to New Caledonia [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Guadalcanal...

William Pierce felt it was his patriotic duty to fight during the Second World War. The Japanese had attacked the...

Daniel J. Lawler deployed to the Pacific in November 1943. He felt sufficiently trained. Training was hell, but he used...

Edgar Cole went to communications school and finished at the head of his class. He was automatically assigned to...

Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BARman, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th...

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