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Leon Griffith was born in Magee, Mississippi but raised in Monticello [Annotator's Note: Monticello, Mississippi] on a...

Nevin Sledge remembers that everything was secretive. One of the generals was killed by a sniper. A Marine general took...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Houston served in the US Marine Corps as a rifleman in 3rd Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion,...

Following the battle of Okinawa, Richard Witaker learned more about Japanese strategies and preparations for the Marine...

The Grumman Wildcat [Annotator's Note: Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft] was a beautiful aircraft, according to...

Albert Yamamoto returned to America [Annotator's Note: in June 1947 after being in Japan for six years as an American...

Kenneth W. Theis was born on 16 February 1923 in East St. Louis, Illinois. The family moved to Amarillo, Texas when he...

Lloyd Dendy and his brother enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserves. When the Korean War broke out they were called back...

William O’Brien and fellow sailors played cards or slept when they were not working. He had to take classes to get a...

Paul Fair moved on to Japan after the Japanese surrendered [Annotator’s Note: announced 15 August 1945, officially...

Lieutenant Babe Meeks informed William Garbo and the men of G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 112th Cavalry Regiment, that the he...

Harold Ronson went to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, 1 April to...

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