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Roger Shaw was born in New Orleans in 1921. He grew up and was educated in New Orleans. After graduating high school,...

Although in retrospect Holly Rees thinks he may have been naive, he felt certain that his battlefield career was over...

Mervin Jensen was born in 1926 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. There were ten kids in the family. His mom and dad raised them...

Rufus Harris was born in 1923 in Macon, Georgia. He lived there for four years and then they moved to New Orleans [...

As an executive officer [Annotator's Note: executive officer of 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

Richard O'Hara took a train with eight others to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California]. They did not know...

Henry Baul believes the military offered a bit more racial respect than his civilian life. While in the Marine Corps,...

Francis John "Dick" Varone was born in October 1925 in Mechanicville, New York. He was raised there with his two...

Louis B. Hutchinson was born in November 1925 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but grew up in Philadelphia [Annotator's Note...

The USS New Orleans [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS New Orleans, CA32] was a sister ship to the San...

George Colburn shipped out on the USS Rochambeau (AP-63), which was the same ship that Jack Kennedy [Annotator’s Note:...

William O’Brien was on duty in the Philippines. They kept their equipment ready. The ammunition was ready to go on the...

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