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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...

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...

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

The Medusa [Annotator's Note: USS Medusa (AR-1)] was not far from them [Annotators Note: during the attack on Pearl...

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

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

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

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

[Annotator's Note: Robert Addison served in the USMC as a mortar man in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] After Bloody...

Robert M. Solomon lost a girlfriend when he had to go participate in the maneuvers. He felt like the United States...

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