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Church had different responsibilities on Guam. His first assignment was to handle anything to do with recreation....

George Peto and the men of Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines had a few days of rest and got new guns then moved out...

Clarence Robert Duff remembered that during World War 2, his ship rode out three typhoons. The last one was in December...

After Korea, Walter Bowsher served as the San Diego brig warden. In 1953, he was in charge of the escort section of men...

Garland Bath was born in January 1925 in Evans County, Georgia in a log cabin. He attended school there. He got his...

When the Japanese came ashore they had battleships, planes, and superior equipment. Church and his men were using .30...

Lieutenant Hagerty was promoted as a liaison officer for the 1st Marine Division and coordinated all of the regiments...

Clarence Robert Duff recalled heading to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Okinawa [Annotator's Note:...

When Walter Bowsher was at the Post Exchange at San Diego, he found out about a cruel Japanese interpreter being...

Garland Bath liked being called up for the service. He went to Fort Eustis, Virginia [Annotator's Note: now Joint Base...

Karr found out from the Laffey's newsletter that one of his buddies had fallen and broken his hip. Karr did not go to...

When he was discharged, Carroll Harris was told to go home [Annotator's Note: Rockport, Mississippi]. He was also told...

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