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Melvin Munch was introduced to the Navy in boot camp in San Diego. It was rough. Getting up early each morning to begin...

Harry Bender was discharged from the Marine Corps in June 1946. His friend, William "Bill" Laden [Annotator's Note: US...

Gerald West returned to the United States and went to a camp on Catalina island. There, the Marine Corps was training...

Trinidad Ledesma volunteered to be a code clerk in headquarters where he thought he would be safer. He was shown a...

James J. Hill was born in September 1920 in Chicago's [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] north side. He grew up in a...

While Ralph Morse was in the hospital recovering from malaria, he was told he would not be going back to the Pacific [...

John "Jack" Raquepau first saw George Bush [Annotator's Note: George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States]...

[Annotator’s Note: Speaking is audible in the background through this segment.] In February 1945, Leander Bubrig [...

Ralph C. Franklin did not pass his first physical for the Marine Corps because he was underweight. He ate bananas and...

Joe G. Casillas was stationed at Sapporo [Annotator's Note: Sapporo, Japan] on Hokkaido [Annotator's Note: Hokkaido,...

Olaf Rose said they did not go out every night, and they kept the engines tuned up, so there was not much work done on...

Leo William Schmittgens thought he was treated well by the veteran Marines. He learned a lot from them and cherished...

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