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Lepla took off with the strike group on the morning of the Battle of Santa Cruz [Annotator's Note: 26 October 1942]....

Richard Keller received a Distinguished Service Cross but he does not think he deserved it. While recovering in the...

Carroll Harris was born in January 1922 in Rockport, Mississippi and went into the service at 20 years old. After...

Melvin S. Tanenbaum had good friends with him aboard the USS Leon (APA-48). Saipan was his first invasion [Annotator's...

Edward Bale and his Marine Corps Medium Tank Company [Annotator's Note: Company C, 1st Corps Tank Battalion (medium)]...

When the crew abandoned the USS Perch (SS-176), Robert Lents said some of the guys in the water turned on their...

As an executive officer [Annotator's Note: executive officer of 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

Lionel Lopez had an M1 [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as the M1 Garand]. He had a...

When the 2nd Marine Division shipped out from New Zealand only the battalion commanders knew the specifics of the...

Returning to discuss his other assignments all over the globe, John McGlohon conceded that the Aleutian Islands was not...

Ira Schilling and his outfit of assault engineers landed in the third wave during the invasion of Saipan. They landed...

William Currier's most memorable experience of World War 2 was his first day at boot camp. He grew up in one day. He...

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