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George A. Damiano recalls when the Marines accidently fired on his unit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion,...

Paul Kerchum returned to the United States after being a prisoner of war to the Japanese for four years. His ship...

Floyd James Reissig does not think the war changed him too much but helped him grow up. It did not affect his marriage...

Pearson Riddle was born in Pensacola, North Carolina and grew up in the country. His father had a farm of about 120...

Bill Norberg [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] paid a visit to the Kwajalein Islands [Annotator's...

Melvin S. Tanenbaum had good friends with him aboard the USS Leon (APA-48). Saipan was his first invasion [Annotator's...

Archibald Rackerby was assigned to the 3rd Marine Raider Battalion. Colonel Liversedge [Annotator's Note: later US...

James Shelton Scales trained recruits until the middle of 1943, when he received orders to report to Camp Pendleton,...

William Beaman was 18 years old when he participated in his first submarine patrol in the Pacific, and he said he didn'...

William J. Twigger saw very little fighting at Sugar Loaf [Annotator's Note: The Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill, 12 May to...

William Lutz remembers the battles on Leyte [Annotator’s Note: Leyte, the Philippines] were not bad. One man got out of...

Albert Simon was in the 38th Division in the 152nd Infantry [Annotator’s Note: 152nd Infantry Regiment, 38th Infantry...

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