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Astley Blackwell’s ship [Annotator's Note: the USS St. Lo (CVE-63)] was sunk on 25 October [Annotator's Note: 25...

Meade Willis was born in Plaucheville, Louisiana. His mother died when he was four years old, and he did not get along...

Robert Offenbacher was born in Lima, Ohio in September 1922. He had five brothers. He was a twin and one brother was...

[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a woman off camera interjects with comments.] James Ramsey Golden was born in...

Jack Appel was born in Brooklyn, New York [Annotator's Note: Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs in New York, New York...

Charles Kitching was born in October 1925 in Sanford, Maine. He had one sister that is 10 years younger than him. Due...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the 2nd Marine Division] moved up to the next island because there...

James Britt was born in Asheville, North Carolina in March 1914. His mother worked in a bank. His father served in...

Robert Spint's most memorable experience of World War 2 is hard for him to say. He does not classify any of it. Some of...

Jacob Velfling, Jr. was born in Cadillac, Michigan in May 1926. Velfling played many sports in high school and had a...

Bernard Baker was born and raised in Saint Louis, Missouri, in February 1924. He grew up with nine siblings. An older...

Charles T. Edwards recalled that he was put on Hunter-Killer missions [Annotator's Note: anti-submarine missions...

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