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Jack Skaggs surrendered on Wilkes Island. Meanwhile, there were about 1,200 civilians on Wake Island. Commander...

After leaving the scene of the USS Laffey (DD-724) and before reaching his carrier [Annotator's Note: USS Shamrock Bay...

[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Samuel Ukrop mid-sentence, expressing his opinion on women in combat.] While...

Robert M. Solomon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in July 1920. His father was an inspector and they moved to...

Keith Kiefer saw that his orders said "Enewetak Atoll Radiological Cleanup". He was concerned but told he would get no...

Robert D. Shaner was born in February of 1924 in Porterville, California and grew up during the Depression [Annotator's...

When Arthur Pendleton was on the ridge he recalled a shell from a Japanese naval gun landing in front of them. The...

When Louis J. Armentaro got back home, he was successful as a machinist. He started two businesses. He also started a...

James Bollich's younger brother never made it overseas. One brother died in a fighter pilot accident and the other died...

On one patrol, Melvin C. Whitman shot a big rat off a fence. The shot scared a hiding Japanese soldier and one of...

Frederick Jenkins was in damage control in the machine shop where the kamikaze [Annotator's Note: Japanese suicide...

[Annotator's Note: George Peto served in the US Marine Corps in a machine gun section in 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine...

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