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James notes that when he shot the 5 inch guns they did not have to hit the planes directly because of the amount of...

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

On 1 September 1942 Tyler was transferred to the 44th [Annotator's Note: 44th Fighter Squadron] at Bellows Field as...

In February 1945, Salvador Guercia's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Sandoval (APA-194)] transported Marines to Saipan [...

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

[Annotator's Note: Archibald Rackerby was wounded by friendly fire while training on Guadalcanal on 9 March 1944.]...

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

Robert A. Addison was born in Akron, Ohio on 7 December 1922. The family moved several times but settled down in...

Gerald West didn't think often of the Raiders after the war. In recent years the numerous reunions and meetings West...

The Americal [Annotator's Note: the US Army Americal Division] came in in October [Annotator's Note: October 1942] and...

[Annotator's Note: James Allen served in the Navy as a Fireman 2nd Class in the submarine service and was aboard the...

Before going to Guam, Robert Powers and the four Marine Raider battalions were put into one regular unit, the 4th...

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