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Calvin Moore left boot camp in September 1943. He attended his sister's funeral and returned in time to be shipped out...

Leon J. Neiman was at a pool room when he heard the bomb had been dropped [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...

Bill Jenkins saved Deen's life on the first day [Annotators Note: Peleliu, 15 September 1944]. The men were busy...

When he set sail, Gerald West had never heard of Guadalcanal. He didn't learn about it until he was about to attack it...

Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Junior [Annotator's Note: with the 3rd Amphibious Corps] returned to the United Stated...

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

Thomas Francis Schicker had his 19th birthday at Ulithi. He became friends with Leo Schmidtkin [Annotator's Note:...

[Annotator's Note: George Colburn and the 3rd Marine Division went ashore on Iwo Jima, Japan on 23 February 1945 and...

Sidney Philips remembers the Marines bringing the amphibious tank up the creek from the beach. It was just sitting...

The drill instructor Steve McMurray had for basic training was a small, compact, mean man from Mississippi who was "as...

On 13 January 1944, Steve McMurray left on a troop transport ship and was amazed at the clear blue water of the Pacific...

Carrel Reavis took a train to Wilmington, North Carolina and then a bus to Jacksonville [Annotator's Note: Jacksonville...

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