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The Marines had to land about a thousand yards short of the beach at Tarawa. Eugene Tarrant recalls the San Francisco's...

Charles Bruce was on the USS Lander (APA-178). Their job was to haul men and equipment wherever they needed to go. They...

Archibald Rackerby was training to go to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] after Bougainville [Annotator's...

Alfred Dearman played baseball and football. They had two good teams. They played a lot of other Army units around...

Charles J. Alvarez Sr. was assigned to the USS Guam (CB-2) as a fireman during his service in World War 2. When the...

When Morris Semiatin was discharged [Annotator's Note: in February 1946], he wanted to become a photographer, which he...

Elmer Spraker thought he might transition into rebuilding maritime engines in the civilian sector, and in this section...

[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone joined the US Marine Corps in July 1940. After completing boot camp he joined the 1st...

Tarawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tarawa, 20 to 23 November 1943 at Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands] was a morale...

William Lutz was born in March 1920 and raised in Reading [Annotator’s Note: Reading, Pennsylvania]. He had a good life...

After the war, Lisle Neher stayed in the Reserves. He ended up with an M Day assignment, or Mobilization assignment, in...

Richard O'Kane [Annotator's Note: US Navy Rear Admiral Richard H. "Dick" O'Kane] gave William Leibold a nice 35mm...

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