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John Reeder was unhappy with the way the reserve officers were being treated; he had overheard his commanding officer...

Edmond Guidry joined the Navy in July 1942. He went to boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California...

Carey Suratt trained at Great Lakes, Illinois. Boot camp lasted five weeks. He enjoyed boot camp. The trainees learned...

The worst camp Pearson Riddle stayed at was every camp following his experience in China. The worst camp he stayed in...

Walter Joseph Patrick Curley Junior [Annotator's Note: with the Military Police Company, Headquarters Battalion, 5th...

Chuck states that the guys in the Japanese army at Osaka were pretty good guys. 1 of the Japanese soldiers was even a...

Earl Dean Browning had one day where the 25th Division [Annotator's Note: 25th Infantry Division] had a parade in Kyoto...

Claude Shannahan’s unit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Marine Raider Battalion] was relieved and shipped to New...

Clint Quirk was not assigned to a ship. [Annotator’s Note: Quirk was in the Merchant Marines]. He went into the union...

Among his fellow officers, Earl Conklin thought there were a couple who were marvelous fellows and he has kept in touch...

Mervin Jensen was born in 1926 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. There were ten kids in the family. His mom and dad raised them...

[Annotator's Note: Raymond Urban was at Bougainville, Papua New Guinea with Marine Fighting Squadron 212 (VMF-12).] It...

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