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Sumner Whitten arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, west of Honolulu. The mess from the attack on Pearl Harbor was...

The most memorable situation for Al Currier was being trapped on a mountain with no one knowing where they were [...

William S. “Bill” Beamish was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1923 and grew up in nearby Wellesley Hills. His father,...

Burton Johnson was born in Providence, Rhode Island in May 1920. His parents delivered groceries to families even...

Thomas Lusco Sr. was born in Rita, Louisiana. He was raised with 14 kids in his family. He went to a Catholic school...

There was sharp drop off and that is how they were able to put the destroyer right up on the beach. Myers could only...

Robert Lents said that for a year and a half the prisoners did everything from building an underground radio station to...

Samuel Goss had no idea that he would become a boat officer. Before he graduated as an ensign [Annotator's Note: lowest...

Fiske Hanley was born in January 1920 in Brownwood, Texas, one of the five children in his family. Although he grew up...

Edward Riedl remembers that Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] was different than Leyte [Annotator's Note:...

Frank N. Savage was born in June 1921 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. His parents had a difficult time during the depression...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] moved up to the next island because there...

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