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Philip Mayer was a sergeant [Annotator's Note: in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division]...

Robert Lewter would swap cigarettes for Japanese services. The Japanese used needles and sewed thread as straight as an...

Ervin Markwald served with the 77th Division [Annotator's Note: 305th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division] during...

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

After the war ended, Charles A. Waller returned to the United States and was given a 30-day leave [Annotator's Note: an...

Roy Stewart's unit [Annotator's Note: 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division] got word that there would be a...

When Childers strapped in he said over the radio that it was his birthday and that he wanted to celebrate.Three of the...

Samuel Malta and his company [Annotator's Note: Anti-Tank Company, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division] in...

After the Battle of the Tenaru River, Frank H. O’Leary and his squad were only given one and half meals a day because...

When Gravois landed on Saipan they were being shelled. Gravois lost 2 men when they landed. They were put into the line...

When Kenneth Wieland arrived in Japan, he saw a bunch of American prisoners of war who were nothing but skin and bones...

James W. Metcalf’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was flying in combat and the chance of not making it back....

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