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Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] only had black sand in the southern part of the island. Iwo Jima means...

Leonard Brooks had Filipino friends who he continued to visit throughout his time on house arrest. One friend put on...

As far as a specific routine, they knew what had to be done when they woke up in the morning. The crews were very...

James Pringle is proud to have been one of the first Civil Rights pioneers [Annotator's Note: by being a Montford Point...

Wanda Damberg’s wounded friend [Annotator’s Note: shot during the liberation of Los Baños] survived and went on to...

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

[Annotator’s Note: Richard R. Ruess was assigned as a navigator to the 1st Mapping Group] he received orders to report...

[Annotator's Note: Leonard Brooks and his family lived just outside of Manila in the Philippines. Following the...

With all of the different kinds of huts that the Filipinos used they mainly used armor-piercing ammunition because...

Donald Campbell was born in 1923 in Cedar Lake, Mississippi, the son of a sawmill worker. He grew up during the Great...

Richard Keller grew up in Hahnville, Louisiana. He started first grade in 1924 and graduated in 1935. From there,...

Sidney Philips remembers explosions everywhere. Small arms fire everywhere. The total concern was for yourself. It is...

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