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William Smith went to the Pacific theater as a Second Lieutenant. He flew from Townsville [Annotator's Note: Townsville...

John H. Cole was born in January 1922 in Greene County, Arkansas, in a little community named Epsby [Annotator's Note:...

Rudolph C. Miller had no place to go and nowhere to live when he was 16. He tried to forge his certificate [Annotator's...

Baptiste was involved in 12 or 14 different battles in the Solomons. They lost heavily on the heavy cruisers like the...

James Smith watched the battle [Annotators Note: the battle of Gavutu] from Tulagi. [Annotators Note: Smith gets off...

Bruce McCormick went to China. He was non-rated. He asked his Division officer if he could take a test to get Third...

[Annotator's Note: William Smith was flying bomber missions out of Durand Airfield or 17 Mile Drome near Port Moresby,...

About a day away from Hawaii, while John H. Cole was headed for Eniwetok [Annotator's Note: Enewetak Atoll, Marshall...

Rudolph C. Miller loved the Marines aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Fond du Lac (APA-166)]. They were very...

After Baptiste left the Solomons he was sent to new construction. He was sent to the hospital because he lost his...

For the first battle of the Matanikau, James Smith and the Raiders were going to go up the river and 1st Battalion, 7th...

Bruce McCormick returned to Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County,...

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