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Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...

Selwyn Gilmore came back to the United States aboard a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced...

Kenneth Dwight Wells joined Company F, 2nd Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division on the front lines...

Captain Hunt [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Captain George P. Hunt] was no longer in command of K Company [...

Theodore Robert Tanner was born in Portland, Oregon in December 1920. He had one younger sister, born two years after...

Paul Ignatius did not have post-traumatic stress or nightmares from his experiences in World War 2. He is proud of his...

Leisey recalls having to do sponge ball therapy so he could build up the strength up in his hand. He has problems...

Wallace McKay was transferred to the USS Henry T. Allen (APA-15). On that ship, McKay became a signalman again. He...

Giles Bacon served with an MP [Annotators Note: military police] battalion on Ford Island at Pearl Harbor. He was born...

Only two of them were assigned to capital ships [Annotator's Note: after graduating from the US Naval Academy] and both...

Frederick Ellis had seven 40mm guns [Annotator's Note; Bofors 40mm automatic cannon] and 12 20mm guns [Annotator's Note...

Olaf Rose was born in August 1921 in Pontiac, Michigan, and was the oldest of four children. His father was in the...

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