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Scholes, George Assignment on Truk
George Scholes was flown to Pearl Harbor, which was just a muddy mess then. Much of the damage from the attack had been...
Renstrom, Keith Training on Maui and the Invasion of Saipan
Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...
Smith, Louis Introduction to Combat
Louis Smith recalled that he was inducted 26 February 1943, wounded on Iwo Jima 26 February 1945, and quit smoking...
Oreck, David Early Flight Training and Future Worries
David Oreck trained as a civilian pilot for the Lend-Lease Program [Annotator's Note: An Act to Promote the Defense of...
Shannahan, Claude Early Life and Joining the Marines
Claude Shannahan was named for three of his dad's brothers who had died of pneumonia in Canada. Shannahan was born in...
Bertucci, George Early Life
George Joseph Bertucci was born in July 1925 in New Orleans and was raised there. His mother passed when he was three...
Davis, Arthur Early Life and Joining the Navy
Arthur Q. Davis was born in March 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His family lived on a rice plantation in Pointe a la...
Alter, Joseph Prewar Life to the Army
Joseph Alter was born in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York] in May 1923. His father kept his job as a...
Hairston, Joseph Segment 12
During the last few days of the war there was very little action. Most of the Germans were figuring out a way to...
McGee, Joseph Early Life and Military Training
Joseph F. McGee Junior was born in Utah, Alabama on 6 March 1924. He was standing in front of his town's post office...
Hill, Marvin Early Life
Marvin Hill was born in November 1925 in Louisa County, Virginia, the only male child of six children. His father was...
Patti, Frank Early Life and the Draft
Frank Patti was born in December 1924 in Hammond, Louisiana and grew up on a produce farm where his parents shared the...

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