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Ralph C. Franklin did not pass his first physical for the Marine Corps because he was underweight. He ate bananas and...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Patrick Zilliacus if he had a good luck prayer for when his submarine was being...

Merle Jerome "Jerry" Pettis was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1921. His family moved to Los Angeles [Annotator's Note...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer attempts to tie Selwyn Gilmore's work on Guam, Mariana Islands to his work in oil...

Myers knows how Mahatma Gandhi survived; he could do it. He does not know why, but he understands how people can go and...

Roy Stewart and his unit [Annotator's Note: in the 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division] entered the "amphitheater...

Following Navy tradition, Harlan Twible was the last person to be pulled out of the water. He was picked up by the...

George Joseph Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) participated in the Battle of Surigao Strait. The new and more...

Samuel Malta remembers funny occasions during the war but he also remembers being frightened by the combat. When faced...

Thomas J. Smith, Junior was at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County,...

Richard H. Kerr was born in June 1946 in Edgerton, Wisconsin. He grew up with a brother and sister. His father was a...

To Richard Greer the staff NCOs in the weapons company were the heroes. They had a lot of old staff NCOs that they...

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