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John Wesley Tatum went to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, September to...

Richard Greer left Guadalcanal on 5 or 6 January 1943 and went to Melbourne. He was very happy to be leaving the island...

On Guadalcanal, Ira Schilling and Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment faced some enemy air raids and naval...

Roger Shaw returned to the SS George Gayle after his leave in New Orleans, Louisiana. The was his original ship. It...

At night around Henderson field the fighting was rough [Annotators Note: on Guadalcanal]. Quintana could only aim at...

When he went into combat for the first time, Steve McMurray said he, like everyone else, was scared. When he came upon...

Richard Keller received a Distinguished Service Cross but he does not think he deserved it. While recovering in the...

Crain was born in northern Louisiana. He grew up on a farm. During the depression everyone in his family had to work in...

[Annotator’s Note: There is someone off camera helping the interviewee with answering questions throughout the segment...

Irwin Schneider was injured on a PT boat patrol out of Milne Bay [Annotator’s Note: in Papua New Guinea]. He went to...

Loren Bennett thought it was easy to manage the limits of what could be sent home because they were at sea. The guys...

They [Annotators Note: the dive bombers] would cut the engines if nothing came back from the PBY's and call it a day [...

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