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

Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: after joining Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division on...

Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior was born in Gramercy, Louisiana in September 1923. He attended Lutcher High School in...

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: A person off screen interjects throughout the interview.] when Harold G. Cowart heard that the...

Vaughan Whitworth was born in April 1925 in Virginia. He grew up in Beaufort, North Carolina where his parents owned a...

Joseph Burrell was born in Toledo, Ohio in February 1922. His family moved to Detroit [Annotator's Note: Detroit,...

Myers Bernard Rosenbloom was born in June 1922 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He has three sisters, many nieces and...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled the first day on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945], his regiment [Annotator's...

In Combat Intelligence school they learned to analyze and creep up on Japanese emplacements, the types of troops, type...

As the American advance through the Pacific moved closer and closer to the Japanese mainland, enemy resistance grew...

Richard Greer thought very highly of the navy medical personnel who worked with them. The pharmacist’s mates were...

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