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Edgar Harrell was born in October 1924 in Cadiz, Kentucky. He was 18 when he joined the United States Marine Corps in...

Richard Witaker heard about the war ending in Europe and was grateful. More supplies would be coming to the Pacific. In...

Harold Rosen took part in a simulation that was supposed to help them get ready for their next invasion. He recalls...

The training Marines receive is to make sure that they are always ready. After boot camp, Keith Renstrom went into...

Daniel J. Lawler [Annotator's Note: serving with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in...

Walter Knapps was born in February 1921 in New Roads, Louisiana. His mother died in a house fire when he was six years...

[Annotator's Note: Joseph Burrell received his orders to basic training on 22 December 1942]. Joseph Burrell had his...

Adolph Wilson fought through some of the worse jungles on Bougainville. It had everything imaginable. It rained every...

After receiving his draft notice, Edgar Cole went down on the appointed day and time. He was standing in a big room...

The National World War II Museum awarded Marine combat cameraman Norman Hatch with the Silver Service Award for his...

Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior went into the service as a green, inexperienced young man. During the war, he travelled...

Kenneth E. Stevens and his outfit were the first Marines to get into the Poway Valley [Annotator's Note: in Poway,...

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