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Edward Bale went to Okinawa at the beginning of the assault as part of a deception force that did not land. The 2nd...

The first time Willie Roy Hebert had ever been on a ship was when he was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana...

They did everything they could do to get off of the beach. One of the warrant officers was hit and told Keith Renstrom...

In paratrooper training, John Mikus, Jr. was trained as infantry. They had special weapons. In boot camp, they used the...

Gerald Francis "Jerry" Coleman [Annotator's Note: a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot with Marine Scout-Bomber...

Sumner Whitten was admitted to the training program as a PFC. When it was discovered that he had a college education he...

After the attack, Robert Powers continued moving south towards the battalion CP [Annotator's Note: command post]. They...

[Annotator's Note: Don Daniels entered the service in February 1944.] When he reported on the last day of the month, he...

Arthur Jackson had been influenced by Marine pilots and wanted to fly. At the recruiting office he took the aviation...

[Annotator's Note: The interview opens with Thomas Francis Schicker already in conversation with the interviewer.] When...

Richard O'Hara and his outfit [Annotator's Note: 18th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion] saw very little action. When...

In 1949, Louis R. Lepore joined a local tank unit that was later sent to Korea [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 1950 to...

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