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Francis Bucher says the atomic bombs being dropped on Japan [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...

Henry Quinton Pike was part of the 3rd Raider Battalion [Annotator's Note: 3rd Marine Raider Battalion] which invaded...

Steve McMurray related that by the time an attacking unit reached its objective on the heights of Iwo Jima, its force...

When Julian Trist Bringier McConnell left the bigger ship that took him overseas, he patrolled mountainous islands and...

Richard Lafleur went to Fort Riley [Annotator's Note: in Geary and Riley Counties, Kansas] for basic training after...

Paul Harless was assigned to the USS John Rodgers (DD-574) as a boatswain’s mate second class. At Tarawa [Annotator’s...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with a conversation between the interviewer and Donald F. Goyette who goes off...

[Annotator's Note: Anthony Costa begins this segment by discussing his transfer to Japan aboard one of the prisoner of...

Paul J. Murphy was born in Chillicothe, Missouri. He graduated from high school in 1943 and was immediately drafted...

Edward Bale did not see any particular danger to his tanks in the second and third day of combat on Tarawa except for...

Alexander Vraciu wanted to fly fighters. If he had not been given fighters when he was going through training at Corpus...

John Ream was born in November 1934 in the Philippine islands. His father was raised on a ranch in Idaho. He went to...

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