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Colburn, George Enlisting in the Marine Corps
On 11 July 1944, George Colburn and two others went into the Federal building in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston,...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 8
On Tarawa there were Japanese bunkers everywhere. They were right on the other side of the wall. They had firing ports...
Houston, Jack Okinawa and Tokyo Rose
When Jack Houston arrived off Okinawa he was not as afraid as he should have been. In the hours before they left the...
Addison, Robert New Georgia, Going Home and Future Generations
[Annotator's Note: Robert Addison served in the USMC as a mortar man in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] After Bloody...
Baptiste, Wallace Segment 9
The Medusa [Annotator's Note: USS Medusa (AR-1)] was not far from them [Annotator’s Note: during the attack on Pearl...
Kinney, Gabriel Looking Back
When Gabriel Kinney first went overseas to join the 25th Infantry Division he was assigned to 1st Platoon, Company F,...
Collie, C. Okinawa, the USS Laffey (DD-724) and Kamikazes
C. Charles Collie was at Okinawa which was the last big campaign of the war. It lasted longer than any of the other...
Durocher, Edmund Being Treated then Back on the Line
When they reached the field hospital, Edmund Durocher was put on a stretcher in the mortar platoon area. At the bottom...
Edwards, Charles Mission over Morotai and More Stateside Training
Charles T. Edwards was returning to his station from Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] when he had...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 11
The whole world was at war. Rackley had to read about what was happening after the war because it was such a broad one...
Rodrigues, Alfred USS Washington (BB-56)
Alfred Rodrigues reported aboard the Washington [Annotator's Note: USS Washington (BB-56)] as a five inch [Annotator's...
Campisano, Frank Combat Training
Frank Campisano was eager to do his part. He was told he would be put wherever the Marine Corps needed him, which was...

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