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The fact that John McGlohon is one of the living eye witnesses to the first atomic explosion, and that he was on site...

During the spring of 1943 in Jacksonville [Annotator’s Note: Jacksonville, Florida], James W. Metcalf and the other...

In November 1944, Jack H. Bleuler was serving with the 822nd Bombardment Squadron, 38th Bombardment Group, 5th Air...

The second and final time Floyd Fogg was wounded, the Marines were taking Hill 515 for the fifth time. They were...

A call went out for volunteers and Battery H, 11th Marine Regiment sent five people to the front to help out. Three of...

Marvin Hill went to the Parcel Post building in Richmond to enlist, and underwent a physical. He was rejected, and told...

Kenneth Wieland does not remember too much about his basic training but recalls there was a lot of marching and time on...

Roy Stewart went to Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, California...

Keith Renstrom joined the Marine Corps on 13 June 1940. He went through boot camp in San Diego. He was raised on a farm...

Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior [Annotator’s Note: a pilot with Marine Night Fighting Squadron 542 (VMF(N)-542)] was...

When the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier] was attacked and ensign Mears and...

James Gaffney experienced no problems with leaks on his PT Boat. The boat construction was tight enough that it did not...

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