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Gene Alair was assigned to a Transport Division Staff, CTD8, as a flag secretary and navigator aboard the USS Astoria (...

Kenneth Killilea received his Marine Corps boot camp training at Parris Island. The moment he stepped off the bus upon...

Frank Campisano was eager to do his part. He was told he would be put wherever the Marine Corps needed him, which was...

[Annotator's Note: Ralph Weymouth served in the Navy as a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 3 (VS-3) flying from...

After his tour on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, James Franklin Young and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd...

Harold Buell returned to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: after flying with the "Cactus Airforce" off Henderson Field on...

Robert Riddle went to San Pedro, California for boot camp. He was excited to see the ocean for the first time, and...

James Weller picked the Army for enlistment because his father had served in World War I in a submarine. The submarine...

Gerald West returned to the United States and went to a camp on Catalina island. There, the Marine Corps was training...

Gene Alair was aboard the USS Astoria (CA-34) during the battle of Guadalcanal. Saipan was a big operation [Annotator’s...

Paul J. Frisco served aboard the USS Cushing (DD-797) during the ship's entire wartime cruise. The ship was the fourth...

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

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