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Gerald West walked back two miles to the main camp and Edson [Annotator's Note: USMC Colonel, later Major General,...

Leisey recalls having to do sponge ball therapy so he could build up the strength up in his hand. He has problems...

Oscar Otto Martin remembered that on his first day in combat, they were scheduled to attack at two in the afternoon,...

Bill Connelly [Annotator's Note: with the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th...

Burton Johnson remembers when he heard of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death. Harry Truman was not a surprise as...

Joseph Otho Goble was born near Statesville, North Carolina in September 1914. He, along with his four siblings, grew...

Arthur Albertson was looking forward to going overseas. He wanted to go to Europe, not to the Pacific. He went to...

[Annotator’s Note: The video glitches throughout the segment.] Roy D. Goad [Annotator’s Note: a captain in the 143rd...

The Germans were good soldiers, well-trained, had good equipment, and did not want the Americans there. Thomas J....

William G. Roy is proud of his role in the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway. He thinks that the...

Norris Waddill was selected with two other men to go into the D-Day invasion. He was to accompany the 1st Infantry...

They left Fort Dix in October 1943. They sent their families home.They went to Europe on a liberty ship. The whole...

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