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[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Selwyn Gilmore about the weapons he carried.] A little short rifle [Annotator's...

America is the only country and society in the world, in Arthur Jackson's opinion, equipped to take on the dictators of...

There has not been three and a half years of William J. Twigger's life that have had such a profound effect on him as...

For much of the time, Theodore Pavlovich had nothing to eat but C-rations [Annotator's Note: pre-cooked combat ration]...

Harry McKnight was born in Detroit, Michigan in July 1926. He had an older brother. The family moved to Ohio soon...

Some days after eliminating the machine gun position, Romus Burgin and his fellow Marines faced another machine gun...

John Geiger was shipped to New Guinea [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 31st Infantry Division]. They went through...

Buck Donaldson joined the Navy. He went to San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp by train....

Jack Yusen still frequently thinks about the men who died [Annotator's Note: when his ship, the USS Samuel B. Roberts (...

Alexander Vraciu and the other members of his squadron [Annotators Note: Fighting Squadron 16 (VF 16)] were in their...

Emmett Kaylor was only about 500 yards away from the Japanese. They were so hungry that they ate despite the smells....

Richard Miralles went to boot camp and trained for two months. Then they went to different schools. Miralles went to...

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