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Edmund Durocher landed on Guadalcanal weighing 156 pounds and left weighing 126. He had no socks because they had...

Frank Pomroy had decided to go on a third invasion regardless of whether or not he would be sent home. The Marines drew...

In February 1945, Salvador Guercia's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Sandoval (APA-194)] transported Marines to Saipan [...

Before the war, Sterling Mace played baseball and had aspirations to pitch. He pitched for the Philip Morris cigarette...

Lowell Rodrigue [Annotator's Note: after joining the crew of the USS Zeilin (APA-3)] headed north to Kiska in the...

For Paul Hilliard, The National WWII Museum obtaining an SBD [Annotators Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] is a...

Claude Shannahan didn't meet any Paramarines at Bloody Ridge. They got beat up landing on Guadalcanal. The rations on...

Harold Buell was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga (CV-3)] when she arrived at Midway following the...

Ari Phoutrides was born in Seattle in 1925. His father was a priest who was moved around the country often.After high...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Houston served in the US Marine Corps as a rifleman in 3rd Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion,...

To Edmund Durocher, New Britain was just as bad as Guadalcanal. They went to New Guinea before they landed on New...

While Richard Greer and his fellow Marines were on Guadalcanal they were bombed almost constantly. They were hit at ten...

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