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Frank Pomroy had decided to go on a third invasion regardless of whether or not he would be sent home. The Marines drew...

To Edmund Durocher, New Britain was just as bad as Guadalcanal. They went to New Guinea before they landed on New...

When the grenade blew Quintana off the hill he does not remember if it knocked him unconscious but he does remember...

James Smith was known as Horse [Annotators Note: also as Horse Collar] during his time in the Marine Corps. He earned...

When activity became concentrated at Guadalcanal, they [Annotator's Note: James Morehead and the rest of the 8th...

When Jack Houston arrived off Okinawa he was not as afraid as he should have been. In the hours before they left the...

When they reached the field hospital, Edmund Durocher was put on a stretcher in the mortar platoon area. At the bottom...

Robert Kinzler didn't move with his regiment [Annotator's Note: 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division] to...

Ari Phoutrides was born in Seattle in 1925. His father was a priest who was moved around the country often.After high...

Gerald West returned to the United States and went to a camp on Catalina island. There, the Marine Corps was training...

Following departure from New Georgia, Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] reached...

[Annotator's Note: Eugene Tarrant served in the Navy as a captain’s mess attendant aboard the USS San Francisco (CA38...

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