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Bale, Edward Coordination of Forces
Edward Bale spent the first night on Tarawa sleeping next to a disabled LVT [Annotator's Note: Landing Vehicle, Tracked...
Fisher, Clayton Training Command and Crashing Again
Clayton Fisher spent the next two and a half years in the training command. Once, Fisher was chasing fighters and...
Higgins, Richard Early Life and Joining the Marines
Richard Higgins was born in Arlington, Massachusetts in Sims Hospital. Higgins moved to Harrison, Maine when he was...
von Frisch, Alvin Combat on Okinawa
Alvin von Frisch [Annotator's Note: with Company C, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division] was...
Wicklund, John From Leyte to Samar
As first scout, John Wicklund carried a Thompson submachine gun [Annotator's Note: .45 caliber Thompson submachine gun...
Twigger, William Training on Guadalcanal
William J. Twigger's training [Annotator's Note: on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, in September 1944] was mainly...
Tanner, Theodore Reflections
Theodore Robert Tanner thinks himself very fortunate that he never needed to target human beings, and instead dropped...
Bishop, Harvey Aircraft and Pilot Performance and War's End
Harvey Lee Bishop [Annotator’s Note: a North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft pilot in the 457th Fighter Squadron...
Cowell, Ernest Fighting in the Philippines
Ernest Cowell was first sent to Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands], an atoll in the Pacific...
Holder, Jack Day of Infamy
On 7 December 1941, Jack Holder was on duty at Ford Island, [Annotator’s Note: Ford Island, Hawaii]. His unit was in a...
Whitman, Melvin Combat on Okinawa
Not far from Naha [Annotator's Note: Naha, Okinawa, Japan], Melvin C. Whitman got into a 20 plus hour artillery duel....
Amsden, Ben Air-to-Air Combat Victories
On 12 October [Annotator's Note: 12 October 1944], Benjamin Clark Amsden [Annotator's Note: a pilot with Fighting...

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