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Edgar Harrell was born in October 1924 in Cadiz, Kentucky. He was 18 when he joined the United States Marine Corps in...

Holly Rees was born in January 1926 in Prescott, Arizona. Although he grew up during the Great Depression, his father...

After Gerald Wayne Lux was in boot camp [Annotator’s Note: in Farragut Naval Training Station near Bayview, Idaho in...

The USS Princeton (CV-37) could not get close to the island [Annotator's Note: Johnston Atoll, United States Minor...

Jumping forward to when Chris Carawan was in Belgium, replacing the 2nd Infantry Division's positions weapon-for-weapon...

James Pringle signed up to fight in the war. The majority of them [Annotator's Note: Black Americans] had. It was not...

James Buckley went back to his normal work [Annotator's Note: after running and not getting a political seat in New...

Robert Lowe was at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and was sent to Palmyra Atoll for two years of guard duty. They took a radar...

The barracks Charles Womack and the other Marines stayed in when they were on Pavuvu the first time were still there...

Jack Leaming [Annotator's Note: with Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6) aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] went to Honolulu [...

Benjamin Carson had trained at Pearl Harbor in preparation for the raid on Makin Island. They boarded the submarines...

Benjamin Hagans enjoyed fishing. He did not wear clothes until he was six years old. He would climb trees and gather...

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