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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...

When the Laffey left Pearl Harbor she was assigned as a escort for an old battleship heading out into the Pacific to...

James Ramage was at Pearl Harbor when the Battle of Midway took place. He was not aboard ship at the time. The...

James Goodrich was taken from Iwo Jima to a hospital on Guam. He was on Guam for about 12 or 13 days before being...

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