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Harold Horseman was the historian for the Guadalcanal veterans. Horseman wrote about the same area and about the same...

Richard Yavenue was born in July 1925 in Harvey, Illinois. He had three sisters. His dad was a laborer and died when...

James notes that when he shot the 5 inch guns they did not have to hit the planes directly because of the amount of...

On 1 September 1942 Tyler was transferred to the 44th [Annotator's Note: 44th Fighter Squadron] at Bellows Field as...

To Edmund Durocher, New Britain was just as bad as Guadalcanal. They went to New Guinea before they landed on New...

[Annotator's Note: Archibald Rackerby was wounded by friendly fire while training on Guadalcanal on 9 March 1944.]...

Frank H. O'Leary and his platoon set up on the Tenaru River [Annotator's Notes: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands]. On the...

Charles Davis experienced his first burial at sea after the 13 to 15 November battle [Annotator's Note: 13 to 15...

Warren Schmitt was sent to San Diego after he was drafted. He had six weeks of training. Some of the young men could...

Gerald West returned to the United States and went to a camp on Catalina island. There, the Marine Corps was training...

When the grenade blew Quintana off the hill he does not remember if it knocked him unconscious but he does remember...

Gene Alair was aboard the USS Astoria (CA-34) during the battle of Guadalcanal. Saipan was a big operation [Annotator’s...

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