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Benjamin Hagans did not talk to people about his wartime experience for a long time. The Japs [Annotator's Note: a...

1 of the men working with Church was hard headed and clearly unhappy with their current predicament. When they were...

In late summer of 1951 John Reeder returned to the United States. He was immediately sent to Quantico, Virginia for a...

When general quarters were announced, Francis Borrell had to be in his position as fast as possible. He would sit at...

Calvin Moore used his G.I. Bill to buy a house and go to school. The G.I. Bill was important to post World War 2...

Woods was a wiper in the engine room. There were 15 wipers aboard large ships. The wipers reported to the 1st Mate....

When Charles Womack and the other Marines in his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine...

Richard H. Kerr was born in June 1946 in Edgerton, Wisconsin. He grew up with a brother and sister. His father was a...

Frank Kern, [Annotator's Note: a corporal in A Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division]...

Donald F. Goyette boarded the SS John Land [Annotator's Note: USS John Land (AP-167)], a makeshift troop ship, that did...

Claude Shannahan joined the 3rd Marines [Annotator's Note: 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division]. He went with the...

Norman Kleiss went to the ready room. The weather was very cloudy with just a few patches of open sky. A Japanese plane...

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