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Richard R. Ruess was born in Los Angeles, California in August 1918. His parents had two daughters that were killed in...

Richard Miralles went to boot camp and trained for two months. Then they went to different schools. Miralles went to...

Frank Pomroy estimates that the Japanese battleship bombardment [Annotator's Note: on the Marine positions on...

James Thomas Jackson was born in July 1926 in Ponchatoula [Annotator's Note: Ponchatoula, Louisiana] with an older...

John Geiger was shipped to New Guinea [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 31st Infantry Division]. They went through...

Robert G. Aldous and his crew were on Ie-Shima [Annotator's Note: Ie-Shima, Japan] at the time [Annotator's Note: of...

Fred Bronfin reported to Fort Schuyler in New York where he had a two month indoctrination. He was then sent to Norfolk...

After John Edward Love [Annotator's Note: a former prisoner of war] recovered and was released from the hospital, he...

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

Frank Pomroy had decided to go on a third invasion regardless of whether or not he would be sent home. The Marines drew...

James Thomas Jackson was 15 years old and in high school when Pearl Harbor was attacked [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...

John Geiger [Annotator’s Note: part of an intelligence and reconnaissance team known as the Alamo Scouts, the US 6th...

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