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John St. Germain was wounded while advancing up Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima; 19...

Paul Sparacino thought the explosions were unreal [Annotator's Note: Sparacino served aboard the USS Princeton (LPH-5)...

Ricardo R. Rondinelli was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in April 1924. During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note:...

Anthony Costa enjoyed it [Annotator's Note: his prewar service in the United States Marine Corps] because he was able...

On their approach, Steve McMurray had heard that the landings on Iwo Jima were not going well. The scenes on the...

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

After twelve weeks of training in Gulfport [Annotator's Note: Gulfport, Mississippi] Charles "Chuck" Schmetzer was sent...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] was with Major Jim Crowe [Annotator's Note:...

Lionel Lopez went to Leyte Island in the Philippines. He stayed on the beach with equipment. On the second day,...

Thomas J. Smith, Junior was at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County,...

[Annotator's Note: There is static noise in the audio throughout clip.] It took Richard R. Ruess 13 hours to fly to...

Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when they dropped the atomic bomb [...

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