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Mervin Jensen went to advanced training at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San...

The Chinese would grab people on the streets and hand them over to the Americans if they were Japanese. George Colburn...

Ralph C. Franklin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 13 July 1920. Life was wonderful during his youth. Raised in a middle...

Nevin Sledge was born in Alva, Mississippi in February 1921. His father was a farmer. They moved to the Mississippi...

Some days after eliminating the machine gun position, Romus Burgin and his fellow Marines faced another machine gun...

Ernest Jackson was sitting in a movie theater watching a musical when the movie was stopped and it was announced that...

Mervin Jensen was ready for discharge. They were unloading a ship that had oxygen cylinders on it. They were used for...

Willie Roy Hebert qualified as expert on the M1 [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic rifle, also known as...

George Colburn used the G.I. Bill to attend the Franklin Institute of Boston [Annotator's Note: Benjamin Franklin...

Ralph C. Franklin did not pass his first physical for the Marine Corps because he was underweight. He ate bananas and...

Mack was born in his grandparents home. He lived there as an infant. When he got a little older his parents moved to a...

Nevin Sledge wanted to be a Marine pilot, but he had to go through Navy aviation school. He went to the Navy and was...

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