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Salerno, James Reflections
James Salerno believes that World War 2 made him a better person. It made him feel lucky to be alive. He feels like it...
Townsend, Joseph Postwar Life
Joseph Townsend remembers the other port city he went to was Alexandria [Annotator’s Note: Alexandria, Egypt]. There...
Beyer, Walter The Bowfin Submarine
[Annotator's Note: The video is glitchy in this segment] After the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: The...
Theodore, Theodore Early Life and Entrance Into Service
Theodore Theodore was born in July 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, the middle child of three children in the family. His...
Phillips, Cass Pacific Service
After the attack on 7 December [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], Cass...
Young, James The Tribulations of Boot Camp
James Franklin Young was sent to Parris Island [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in Beaufort...
Wicker, Benjamin Segment 1
Wicker was born in Scotlandville, Louisiana in 1923. He had a good life growing up, his father worked for the railroad...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 8
Leisey believes that the Marine Corps teaches one to be a giver as well. He sometimes wakes up in the middle of the...
Ladner, Nimocks Family and Friends
Nimocks Foyle Ladner adopted a boy in California and a girl in Michigan. He has a grandson in Arizona and a...
Westbrook, James Deployment to the Pacific
In January [Annotator's Note: January 1944], James Roland Westbrook [Annotator's Note: in Company F, 2nd Battalion,...
Johnson, Burton POW Camp Organization
Burton Johnson organized POW [Annotator's Note: prisoner of war] camps by first getting the engineers to establish a...

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