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Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams joined the Marine Corps on 17 March 1943. He trained at San Diego [Annotator's Note: US...

The Japanese hit their fuel supplies and it caused a lot of damage [Annotator's Note: on Wake Island on 8 December 1941...

Wanda Damberg witnessed the science building at the university converted into a small clinic [Annotator’s Note: Damberg...

Earnest tried to get a lead on the cruiser so he could drop his torpedo [Annotators Note: after being hit during the...

George Joseph Sullivan spent six months in a hospital at home after he got back. The diet was one of the bad things. He...

Gravois had had plenty of amphibious landing training. He also had a lot of combat training in boot camp. He did a lot...

Robert Frederick Reed's unit trained with rockets in Hawaii, after having trained for bombing and torpedoes. Reed...

Burton Johnson was born in Providence, Rhode Island in May 1920. His parents delivered groceries to families even...

Robert Lents said that for a year and a half the prisoners did everything from building an underground radio station to...

lroy Gambino and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company K, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] built...

Richard Witaker spent six months in China with the 6th Marine Division after the war. He returned to the United States...

Benjamin Hagans remembers the officers’ mess had a menu. Hagans was with his brother, Bill, for three weeks. Then they...

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