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The first chance William Lansford and the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion had [Annotator's Note: to fight the Japanese] was...

James Bowie joined the Marine Corps. He only knew what he saw in the newsreels. He had an uncle who served in the Navy...

Jack Leaming and his pilot were taken to Yokohama. [Annotator's Note: Leaming was the rear gunner in the Douglas SDB...

Fred Bronfin was called to report to his local draft board to register. His blood pressure was high when he went in and...

Clifford Campbell was born in Oklahoma in November 1924. His family was poor growing up. In 1936, his father bought a...

As a pilot in VB-6 [Annotator's Note: Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6)], Tony Schneider sailed aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6...

Another of the Japanese pushers [Annotators Note: Japanese guards at POW camps in the Philippines] was called Many...

Frederick Ellis had a roommate at Tulane [Annotator's Note: Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana] named Eddie...

Murphy Burke had a lot of respect for the Japanese; he thought they were good soldiers, and did their job with the few...

Clarence Strobel believes his service in World War 2 was necessary. He made good friends and realized that he was a...

Hershel Williams does not remember knocking out some of the pillboxes. One of them, however, Williams remembers, ran...

When Ralph Weymouth started flying from Guadalcanal they were originally quartered with a Seabee outfit but soon moved...

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