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Gene Alair went in and out of Guadalcanal many times. Nothing really stands out to him about it other than he lost a...

Edmund Durocher landed on Guadalcanal weighing 156 pounds and left weighing 126. He had no socks because they had...

Robert Riddle went to San Pedro, California for boot camp. He was excited to see the ocean for the first time, and...

Harold Buell was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga (CV-3)] when she arrived at Midway following the...

Robert A. Addison was born in Akron, Ohio on 7 December 1922. The family moved several times but settled down in...

When Jack Houston arrived off Okinawa he was not as afraid as he should have been. In the hours before they left the...

Firman Balza believes that the Japanese lost the war that first day, but it took the United States three and a half...

When activity became concentrated at Guadalcanal, they [Annotator's Note: James Morehead and the rest of the 8th...

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

George Allen says he was part of something that worked out well. He was worried that we [Annotator's Note: the United...

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

Robert Riddle was assigned to the Merchant Marine ship SS Typhoon, transporting supplies and soldiers throughout the...

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