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Once word came that they were shipping out, Robert Leese flew with his crew as a passenger, stopping for fuel in Fiji,...

Charles Gubish did not know much about what was going on with the war in the Pacific. Marine Corps boot camp was tough...

There were a lot of events that did not make a lasting impression on Crain. He cannot recall the troops he brought in...

Dee Wayne White served in Germany during his three-year deployment overseas. Shortly before being sent back to the...

Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] reminded Noah Lewis of Hawaii. It was hot all the time. On Guam, Lewis...

Joseph Townsend wanted to join the Marine Corps. His mother objected. His father had served in the Army in the First...

After the war ended, Ernest Cowell was sent to Korea [Annotator's Note: with the 20th Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry...

Edmond Guidry was born in 1920 in Westwego, Louisiana. He grew up during the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great...

[Annotator's Note: Keith Kiefer was assigned to a Radiological Cleanup detail on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands while...

Before going out on duty at Picket Station Number 1 the men of the Laffey saw all sorts of damage to ships while docked...

Kenneth T. Snyder, Sr. was born in March 1920 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest of eight children and was...

Lloyd Guillory was sent to Japan near Kanagawa two weeks after the war ended. Things were disorganized. The squadron [...

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