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William J. Twigger was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and lived his entire life there. He was the eldest of four...

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

When the Japanese came ashore they had battleships, planes, and superior equipment. Church and his men were using .30...

[Annotator's Note: Edmund Durocher served in the US Marine Corps as a radio telephone operator in Company H, 2nd...

Myers Bernard Rosenbloom says that serving in the war was the greatest part of his life. He has a lot of pictures and...

Philip Mayer was born in June 1925 in Hollister, California where his family had a ranch. In 1930, his family moved to...

Walter Bowsher joined the Marines and went to boot camp in San Diego. He attended sea school there and then was...

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

[Annotator's Note: William Cart served in the US Marine Corps as a pilot in Marine Fighting Squadron 155 (VMF-155)...

When he was discharged, Henry Baul took a taxi from North Carolina to Washington D.C. He returned home to his family,...

Joseph L. Harrison went back to a rear base at Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: after participating in the retaking of...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear ringing from interviewee’s hearing aid throughout segment.] In March 1946, George N....

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