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It was patriotic duty that influenced Aaron Baumgarten to serve in World War 2 and, on a personal level, he felt he had...

While Martin Suter was on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands], there were still a lot of Japanese troops on...

Joseph Conklin LaNier, II was born in Columbus, Mississippi on 25 March 1926. He personally adapted the spelling of his...

Archibald Rackerby was training to go to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] after Bougainville [Annotator's...

Claud Neal Fristoe, Jr. took tests and examinations [Annotator's Note: for entry into aviation training in the United...

Louis R. Lepore joined the Marine Corps in September 1942 and retired in May 1971 after 29 years of service. Lepore...

James Roland Westbrook served in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines [Annotator's Note: 24th Marine Regiment], 4th...

The Marines had to land about a thousand yards short of the beach at Tarawa. Eugene Tarrant recalls the San Francisco's...

Richard Witaker spent six months in China with the 6th Marine Division after the war. He returned to the United States...

Samuel Hadjinian learned how to drink and smoke through his experience of World War 2. The war helped with his career...

Richard Antoine Hammer, Sr. sailed to many ports in the Japanese islands after the war. Following three months there,...

Dale Bates was assigned to the 321st Bombardment Squadron, 90th Bombardment Group [Annotator’s Note: 321st Bombardment...

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