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Mark Maynard [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Sturgeon (SS-187)] sailed from Pearl Harbor to Midway to top off fuel...

Robert Templet served on the USS Roxanne (AKA-37) after serving on Maui. The Roxanne would bring supplies to the troops...

Louis John Walter was born in August 1923 in Sheldon, Iowa. He experienced no problems during the Great Depression. His...

At the time war broke out, Charles A. Waller was working as an usher at a nearby movie theater and followed the course...

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

Eugene Tarrant has certain memories from the war that have stuck with him to this day. One night off of Guadalcanal,...

Woods and the interviewer discuss the format for the interview.Edward Thomas Woods was born in 1927 in Manhattan, New...

Melvin C. Whitman had few harassing fire missions during the nights when the Japanese would move on Peleliu [Annotator'...

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

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

Windom Joseph Burton was born in Brittany, Louisiana in February 1921 . He had six brothers and two sisters. His father...

Edward Riedl shipped out around April 1944. They stopped on Eniwetok [Annotator's Note: Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall...

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