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The Marine Raiders formed from Gerald West's old battalion, the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. The Raiders were...

In the Philippines, Theodore Pavlovich recalled searching hut-to-hut in a village where the natives had tried to ensure...

Frederick Stent was born in August 1923 in Charleston, South Carolina. He did a lot of traveling around the large...

Norman Sterrie was born and raised in the small town of St. James, Minnesota. After high school graduation, he worked...

Arthur Fishman returned to the United States sometime in April or May 1946. He returned to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's...

The day after the Pearl Harbor attack [Annotator's Note: The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941...

[Annotator’s Note: various noises in the background throughout this segment.] John Bruce served in the Army as a radio...

Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine was born in July 1927 in Baguio, Philippines [Annotator's Note: Baguio, Luzon,...

Charles Chartier was sent to a replacement depot in Korea. He joined the 63rd Infantry [Annotator’s Note: 63rd Infantry...

James J. Hill was with 12 others [Annotator's Note: of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 (VMF-214)] over Rabaul [Annotator's...

Chester Hollingsworth did not have much fun in basic training. The trainees were assigned ten to a tent. Besides...

Jean D. "JD" Johnson [Annotator's Note: a radioman on the USS Balao (SS-285) enjoyed free time at Brisbane [Annotator's...

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