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Kenneth Dwight Wells was shipped to the Pacific in November 1944 aboard the USS O.H. Ernst (AP-133) [Annotator's Note:...

Another problem they had was when they 1st arrived on the island they ran out of food. When they landed they had the...

Kenneth T. Snyder, Sr. got his orders in May 1943. [Annotator's Note: Someone off-camera interrupts Snyder.] Snyder had...

Roy Stewart's unit [Annotator's Note: in the 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division] moved out [Annotator's Note:...

William Pierce was in Parris Island boot camp for eight weeks. He did what he was told and experienced the rigors of...

After eight weeks of boot camp, James Goodrich was sent to Camp Elliot. Camp Pendleton was not around at that time....

John Wesley Tatum was never on the front lines [Annotator's Note: while serving in a mortar section in Company H, 2nd...

Benjamin Carson was on Guam when the war in the Pacific came to an end. All of the ship whistles and horns were blowing...

[Annotator's Note: This clip starts with more footage being shot without audio, except for sporadic background talking...

[Annotators note: Interview starts off in mid conversation about the format of the interview.] Richard Greer was born...

Roger A. Lewis was born in March 1920 in Chunchula [Annotator's Note: Chunchula, Alabama]. He was the oldest of eight...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled that one day [Annotator's Note: one day while he was taking part in the Battle of...

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