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James L. Wheeler was born in Los Angeles, California, in February 1926. His father was a dairy man, and his mother was...

Henry James Bird [Annotator's Note: assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division]...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear ringing from interviewee’s hearing aid throughout segment.] George N. Boutwell served in...

Walter Alan Bowsher, Jr. was born in Fort Riley, Kansas. His father was in the Army chasing Poncho Villa at the time....

For the invasion of Japan, Richard Nummer and the American troops were issued wool blankets and green fatigues to fight...

Salvatore Famularo was born in Amsterdam, New York in September 1925. He had a sister and a brother. He was the oldest...

[Annotator's Note: You can hear someone off camera throughout this segment.] After his time on Iwo Jima [Annotator's...

[Annotator's Note: You can hear someone off camera throughout this segment.] David Lansou believes that the way...

William Pierce hated the Japanese before landing on Okinawa. Propaganda influenced his animosity. His feelings were...

Charles Womack remembers that the bunkers and emplacements were often different from one to the next. He came across...

There were a lot of good guys in Frank Stewart's unit with the exception of some of the officers. On Guadalcanal,...

Nevin Sledge wanted to be a Marine pilot, but he had to go through Navy aviation school. He went to the Navy and was...

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