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[Annotator's Note: Jack Werner fought on Leyte Island, Philippines from October 1944 until April 1945]. In that time,...

At the time of Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. 's enlistment [Annotator's Note: in the United States Marine Corps in December...

David R. Saunders was born in December 1922 in New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana]. His father was a...

Gene Alair went in and out of Guadalcanal many times. Nothing really stands out to him about it other than he lost a...

[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a radioman and rifleman in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]...

When he was in high school, Paul Amrod played baseball as a catcher. In the service, he learned he was not major league...

Mack is the chaplain of the Sixth Marine Division Association. He notes that the ranks are getting very thin. The...

Wiley stayed on the Portland [Annotator's Note: US Navy heavy cruiser USS Portland, CA-33] for 2 days and slept on the...

Benjamin Carson volunteered to become a Marine Raider without even knowing what that duty entailed. He was soon...

Emil Schoonejans was in Portsmouth, New Hampshire when the war ended. They had been sent back to the United States for...

After Reaching Japan, Gerald Wayne Lux and his ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)] escorted captured...

Lawrence Wulf enlisted in the US Army Air Force. He was sent to Victory Field in Vernon, Texas. His instructor was...

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