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When John Mikus, Jr. enlisted in the Marine Corps, war was different than it is today. The whole country went to war....

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 5th Marine Division] wrote about his experiences to Leatherneck...

William Barnes got orders to get off at Bougainville. He was ordered to get back to the United States the best way he...

The Saratoga [Annotator's Note: aircraft carrier USS Saratoga, CV-3] was getting ready to leave San Diego for Pearl...

Walter Broll passed through the station [Annotator's Note: the Merchant Marine training station at Sheepshead Bay in...

Fred Bronfin was sent back [Annotator's Note: back to the United States] for more radar training and teaching at Saint...

Voniedoe "Voni" or "Bus" Grimes was named after his uncle on his father's side. As a kid, he wanted a simple name like...

Jack Leaming had a buddy nicknamed Ace who was a prisoner of war, POW, from the carrier Yorktown. [Annotator's Note: At...

Robert W. "RW" Pratt, [Annotator's Note: assigned as the gunnery officer aboard the USS LST-781] was a witness to the...

After the war, Harold Hauberg completed junior college in Tucson [Annotator's Note: Tucson, Arizona], earning his...

[Annotator's Note: The video cuts in and out and is hard to hear at times. Questions and answers are often...

After being discharged, Robert Cahoon returned to Pickens, Mississippi. He did not have a difficult time readjusting to...

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