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O'Leary, Frank Battle of the Tenaru River
Frank H. O'Leary and his platoon set up on the Tenaru River [Annotator's Notes: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands]. On the...
Lucas, Jack Returns to Iwo Jima
Jacklyn Lucas returned to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] in 1985. He has been back there three times and...
Snyder, Kenneth Trading Booze for Lumber
In a battery of 120 men [Annotator's Note: Battery D, 16th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion], they had to set up their...
Church, Ray Segment 2
Church did not know what to expect when he surrendered. There was about 5000 troops with over 4500 backups. There were...
Campbell, John Reflections of the War
John Edward Campbell’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was machine guns waking him up during Pearl Harbor [...
Jones, Gerry How the Japanese Fought on Okinawa
Gerry Jones recalls that the Japanese would push the Okinawan [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] natives through the...
Schilling, Ira Securing Saipan
During and after the Battle of Saipan, Ira Schilling and his fellow Marines willingly accepted enemy troops who...
Bird, Henry Prewar Life and Boot Camp
Henry James Bird served with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Regiment, 2nd Marine Division [Annotator's Note: Company F...
Pomroy, Frank Japanese Dead at the Tenaru River
Frank Pomroy and his fellow Marines walked down to the sandspit at the mouth of the Tenaru River and stared at the dead...
Lewis, Roger Postwar
While in Charleston [Annotator's Note: Charleston, South Carolina], Roger A. Lewis did guard duty at a German POW [...
Smith, Thomas Closing Thoughts
Each regiment had a book with pictures in it. When the war was over, Thomas J. Smith, Junior felt like a curtain came...

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