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Angus Francis Mestayer remembers the New Zealanders were not too friendly. They had been fighting in South Africa for...

Samuel Malta voyaged from New Zealand to New Caledonia. He imbibed a potent whiskey while at Nouméa. Missing his ride...

At night around Henderson field the fighting was rough [Annotators Note: on Guadalcanal]. Quintana could only aim at...

When Theodore Pavlovich was on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands], it was wet and rough. For...

Charles Martin remembers that the new tanks had 75 mm howitzers on them. Martin and a friend learned how to swim...

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

Davis Gordon Mayes witnessed sailors being blown off their ships and falling into the water [Annotator's Note: during...

Thomas Goss was stationed overseas on Guadalcanal [Annotator’s Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] with his unit [...

[Annotator's Note: Raymond Urban was at Bougainville, Papua New Guinea with Marine Fighting Squadron 212 (VMF-12).] It...

Frank Pomroy estimates that the Japanese battleship bombardment [Annotator's Note: on the Marine positions on...

Robert Taylor went on a patrol on a training site on Upolu, Samoa. His unit [Annotator's Note: Taylor served in the...

Theodore Pavlovich discussed the effectiveness of the weapons he used during his time as an infantryman. He also...

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