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Returning home and being discharged from the Marine Corps was bittersweet for Edgar Cole. At the time prejudice was...

After being discharged from service in World War 2, James D. Comeaux adjusted easily to civilian life and attended...

Air Corps training for Lincoln Piazzo consisted of primary, basic and advanced programs, and was conducted in three...

Alfred Taddeo joined VF-5 [Annotator's Note: Fighting Squadron 5 (VF-5)] Baker which had formerly been VF-17 [Annotator...

Dave Severance remembers the Marine Corps having 18,000 men at the time of his enlistment. He made corporal four times...

Gene Alair was assigned to a Transport Division Staff, CTD8, as a flag secretary and navigator aboard the USS Astoria (...

After being assigned to the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) [Annotator's Note: sometimes referred to as "Indy"], Edgar Harrell...

Keith Renstrom felt like he had too much responsibility to stay with his men [Annotator's Note: even after being...

Lionel Lopez was born in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in August 1921. He went to Catholic...

John St. Germain was born in Saint John, North Dakota in September 1926. He had four brothers and two sisters. Two...

Frank Savage was surprised to be relieving the 31st Infantry Division on Mindanao. That division was hit hard in the...

Bill Toledo saw his first combat on 1 November 1943. He landed on the island of Bougainville [Annotator's Note:...

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