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Leo Denault was discharged on 10 March 1946. He came back on a troop carrier ship. It took seven days. It was awful. He...

The veterans felt better having other veterans around. When replacements came in Robert Akins knew that they were well...

The closer Carey Suratt got to Japan, the more aggressive things became. On his second trip to Leyte, the 459 [...

Harry A. Donovan received the Purple Heart [Annotator's Note: a Purple Heart Medal is award bestowed upon a United...

Aboard ship, Wahlen's platoon leader would talk to his men about what to expect when they landed [Annotators Note: on...

After all he witnessed in the war, Anthony Costa had no negative feelings toward the Japanese. He was raised with...

During the day [Annotator's Note: during Bougainville campaign, part of the Solomon Islands Campaign at Bougainville,...

John DuBose signed on the SS Frenchtown as a messman. The ship was a T-2 tanker that was welded during construction and...

Donald F. Goyette got to Saipan [Annotator's Note: Saipan, Mariana Islands], really early in the air war, but as a...

Joseph Townsend joined the service because his aunt who was a Marine convinced him to join. He is military-oriented and...

John Ream remembers that in December 1944, the Japanese decided to move them. [Annotator’s Note: the Japanese were...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Edgar Cole if he felt serving in the Marine Corps prepared him for the rest of...

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