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William Roy captured film of Japanese bombers attacking the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (CV-5)] that was not...

In Hawaii, Don Daniels was at Camp Tarawa. Before getting there, he was loading ships for Iwo [Annotator's Note: Iwo...

Benjamin Carson volunteered to become a Marine Raider without even knowing what that duty entailed. He was soon...

After boot camp, Norman Elliott was assigned to a newly-commissioned ship, the USS Pasadena (CL-65). From the Boston...

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

Ray Anthony was born in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania on 20 January 1922. He was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He left his...

Fred Wesighan enlisted in the Army after he graduated in high school because he "did not like people kicking around our...

Samuel Goss boarded the USS Bladen [Annotator's Note: USS Bladen (APA-63)] as it entered into a trial period prior to...

Roy Stewart's unit [Annotator's Note: in the 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division] moved out [Annotator's Note:...

Clyde Hymel was born in Garyville, Louisiana in April 1926, and had fun growing up there. His father was a supervisor...

A typical day for John Caraway consisted of reading and distributing daily dispatches, and receiving and sending coded...

Robert Lewter was inducted in Georgia. From there he got on a train to Camp Polk, Louisiana [Annotator's Note: now Fort...

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