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[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...

Clifford Campbell was born in Oklahoma in November 1924. His family was poor growing up. In 1936, his father bought a...

When the 32nd Division [Annotator's Note: 32nd Infantry Division] was called back, Emmanuel Damonte was transferred to...

After Ira Schilling and Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment hit the beach at Tarawa, Company L split up and...

Edmund Durocher landed on Guadalcanal weighing 156 pounds and left weighing 126. He had no socks because they had...

James did not realize that he was shot right away. He knew he was hit but the pain did not register. He went down below...

Woods was a wiper in the engine room. There were 15 wipers aboard large ships. The wipers reported to the 1st Mate....

Lloyd Augustus Chamblin, Jr. knew most of the men in his squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 133...

When John Mikus, Jr. enlisted in the Marine Corps, war was different than it is today. The whole country went to war....

Arthur Pendleton went to Pavuvu after Cape Gloucester. There, he dealt with a bout of appendicitis which almost killed...

Edward Bale spent the first night on Tarawa sleeping next to a disabled LVT [Annotator's Note: Landing Vehicle, Tracked...

Walter Bowsher felt the commander of the prison camp at Wusong was the worst person he met. He was named Ishihara [...

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