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The discipline in the Marine Corps helped to make Deens life successful. He is glad that he went through it and the...

Edward Bruce Jennings never saw so many planes bombing a place. The naval bombardment was terrible as well. They could...

Claude Shannahan and his unit went to Vallejo, California while waiting for transfer papers to go on furlough. Shanahan...

Paul Franklin believes it is important for kids to learn about World War 2. He thinks it will teach them to be more...

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

[Annotator's Note: Throughout the segment, a chirp sound can be heard.] Albert "Al" Machaud is not sure of the unit he...

Wilbur Rogers laughs at remembering the reward for picking up a downed pilot: ice cream. For each man a ship picked up...

When Walter Bowsher was at the Post Exchange at San Diego, he found out about a cruel Japanese interpreter being...

While on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Okinawa, 1 April to 22 June 1945; Okinawa, Japan], Kenneth...

After the Japanese captured the field hospital where Joseph DeMott was being treated [Annotator's Note: he was wounded...

While working on a road, Ben Steele would see men covered with mosquitos. They did not have mosquito nets to sleep with...

Ira Schilling killed a Japanese soldier on Guadalcanal with a shotgun. In the morning, before the Marines moved out...

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