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Harold G. Cowart was born in September 1924 in Statesboro, Georgia. His parents were sharecroppers and he and his 11...

After he graduated from school in 1941, Frank M. Heuer Sr. went to work for Higgins Industries [Annotator’s Note: in...

Norman Hatch received his orders to the 5th Marine Division while he was still in the United States as his...

Connick recalls having great respect for the Marines they picked up at Iwo Jima. He watched them fight, seeing the...

While approaching Wana Draw on Okinawa, George Peto noticed some movement in the brush off to his left. He realized...

Thomas Lusco Sr. remembers that at night, there were dogfights between the P-51s [Annotator's Note: North American P-51...

John Snyder's most memorable invasion of World War 2 was the invasion of Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]....

Richard Nummer experienced the brutality of war on Iwo Jima. He and his buddies witnessed Japanese soldiers lying with...

Fred Bronfin was had mixed feelings about leaving the Navy. In the service everything was taken care of for him. In the...

[Annotator’s Note: various noises in the background throughout this segment.] John Bruce served in the Army as a radio...

Erik Johnsen served in the US Merchant Marine on the SS Dolly Madison. He doesn't recall the cargo on his first trip...

John Carruth was born in February 1927 in Jefferson, Georgia. He was raised on a farm. As soon as the school bus...

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