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Nevin Sledge was assigned to be an instructor after graduation. [Annotator’s Note: Sledge graduated in Corpus Christi,...

Richard Witaker was apprehensive about going ashore before Okinawa. He had seen his first indications of war while at...

Joseph H. Sasser Junior was riding in his friend's father's car when he heard over the car radio about the attack on...

Theodore Theodore was born in July 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, the middle child of three children in the family. His...

John Caudle did not have a lot of notice when he was called to active duty. He came home after work one Friday and had...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Nimocks Foyle Ladner already in conversation with the interviewer.] Ladner...

James Thomas Womack arrived in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] around 1941. He was on patrol duty...

Norman Hatch remained on Iwo Jima for the first 18 days of the battle. He was flown off on D plus 18. Hatch flew off...

Archibald Rackerby was assigned to the 3rd Marine Raider Battalion. Colonel Liversedge [Annotator's Note: later US...

Alvin Barnes was drafted into the Navy. He previously knew he would have to serve. He had no problem with boot camp. He...

Going through a barrier, James Bollich and a friend ran into Japanese troops after getting separated from the group....

James “Jim” R. Boyd was born in January 1921 in Long Beach, California while his parents were there on vacation....

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