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Aloysius "Al" Arend was born in Chicago, Illinois in November 1925. He grew up and spent much of his life in nearby...

Ralph Marcarelli was aboard an LST [Annotator's Note: landing ship, tank] when he ventured around many islands to...

Benjamin Carson had never heard of Iwo Jima before he was told that the Marines would be invading that part of Japan....

James Pringle was born in Sumter, South Carolina in November 1925. Life growing up was rough. He worked in grocery...

Walter Broll became more cautious as a result of his experience at Bari, Italy with the German bomber attack on Allied...

Church recently made a trip back to Guam and laid a wreath down at the monument for the soldiers killed there during...

After enlisting in the Navy, John St. Germain had his boot camp training in Farragut, Idaho [Annotator’s Note: Farragut...

Clayton Hall went to boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in San Diego,...

After Bougainville, James Salerno and the Raiders went to New Zealand for some R...

Gerry Jones recalls when they [Annotator's Note: the 1st Marine Division] went to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu,...

Richard Witaker was awarded the Purple Heart for being wounded on Okinawa. He was leaving Sugar Loaf Hill when a buddy...

One morning, Richard Thelen saw a plane fly over him and he knew that he was about to be rescued [Annotator's Note: USS...

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