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Wesley Carroll was born in Slidell, Louisiana in 1922. He grew up there, and graduated from high school in 1939, after...

As an Air Captain aboard ship [Annotator's Note: USS Hornet (CV-12)], Stewart W. Robinson was responsible for...

A day after William Garbo and his machine gun squad successfully ambushed a group of Japanese soldiers in a mountain...

Jack Houston and a buddy who had been cut by a bayonet stayed in their hole for a while. Houston had a buddy named Joe...

The engines on the plane that Thatcher was working with were in phenomenal shape due to the diligence they displayed in...

There were little pockets of resistance [Annotators Note: during the first days on Okinawa]. His company started...

Kenneth E. Stevens and his outfit were the first Marines to get into the Poway Valley [Annotator's Note: in Poway,...

[Annotator’s Note: An air conditioner can be heard turning on and off throughout this clip.] Harry Robert Momi fought...

Lester Hecht went to boot camp at Parris Island in South Carolina. He got in shape. It did not bother him. He was older...

[Annotator's Note: Abner Aust was a flight instructor in Fort Myers, Florida in 1943.] They started flying the P-40N [...

One ensign did bail out. He was picked up by a Japanese destroyer. He was interrogated, according to testimony from the...

Joseph Townsend joined the service because his aunt who was a Marine convinced him to join. He is military-oriented and...

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