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Before going out on duty at Picket Station Number 1 the men of the Laffey saw all sorts of damage to ships while docked...

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

Anna McCalla Noren was working as a dietician nurse in late 1941 in nursing school. She learned about the Japanese...

Paul Lawrence did not know how many people were on the base where he was stationed [Annotator's Note: at Milne Bay, New...

The Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6)] was out at sea on 7 December [Annotator's Note: for the...

Kenneth W. Theis was born on 16 February 1923 in East St. Louis, Illinois. The family moved to Amarillo, Texas when he...

Following the battle of Okinawa, Richard Witaker learned more about Japanese strategies and preparations for the Marine...

Blanchard was still feeling the effects of the smoke inhalation when he was in Honolulu. He dealt with this injury for...

James Bowie was stationed in San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp. He lived in a tent in...

John Burr wrote letters to his wife. They would get mail sporadically. They wrote letters and would give them to the...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dr. Robert Beynon what it was like to be aboard a submarine being attacked with...

Arthur Jackson had been influenced by Marine pilots and wanted to fly. At the recruiting office he took the aviation...

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