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

John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit, known as the Alamo Scouts] was...

Richard Miralles thought Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] was miserable. They had mud on...

Willard Ashford’s most memorable experience of the was was driving an 18-wheeler to Admiral Nimitz’s [Annotator's Note...

Charles Womack remembers that the bunkers and emplacements were often different from one to the next. He came across...

Ellis Whaley is not sure about the timing, but either before he went to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Okinawa,...

Sidney Philips remembers the Marines bringing the amphibious tank up the creek from the beach. It was just sitting...

Mahlen Arledge received his draft notice in July 1943 and went into service the next month. He elected to go into the...

Charles "Chuck" Wisher went through basic training at Sheppard Field in Wichita, Texas. Training was good, but tough....

William Jackson was born in April 1923 in El Paso, Texas. He lived there until he was 16 years old. He moved to...

After the war, Robert Marich worked in television. A show he produced featured couples who had been married a long time...

[Annotator's Note: The interview opens with Thomas Francis Schicker already in conversation with the interviewer.] When...

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