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Gerald West didn't think often of the Raiders after the war. In recent years the numerous reunions and meetings West...

James Shelton Scales was a battalion commander [Annotator's Note: of 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

While working on a road, Ben Steele would see men covered with mosquitos. They did not have mosquito nets to sleep with...

Tinian was only about nine days [Annotator's Note: Battle of Tinian, 24 July to 1 August 1944, Tinian, Mariana Islands...

When Blanchard's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Franklin, CV-13] was attacked he didn't realize how close they were to...

Another problem they had was when they 1st arrived on the island they ran out of food. When they landed they had the...

Benjamin Hagans was born in July 1929 in Cebu, the Philippines. His father was an engineer in Cuba. His father was an...

Being Captured

Glenn Frazier was born in Fort Deposit, Alabama in 1924. He grew up during the Great Depression, but since his family...

Orville Bethard was attending Washington High School when he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He enlisted in...

Melvin C. Whitman had few harassing fire missions during the nights when the Japanese would move on Peleliu [Annotator'...

James Buckley's first landing [Annotator's Note: as a Deck Officer on the USS LST-1013] was on Leyte during the return...

Oral History