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On Tarawa there were Japanese bunkers everywhere. They were right on the other side of the wall. They had firing ports...

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

Allen Tillery was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1925. He was attending high school in Shreveport when the Japanese...

Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] found that 11th Marine artillery was...

After Bougainville, James Salerno and the Raiders went to New Zealand for some R...

Deen was supposed to follow Bill Thompson [Annotators Note: during the invasion of Peleliu, 15 September 1944]. He was...

Chester Biernacki and the USS Helena (CL-50) participated in several shore bombardments [Annotator's Note: after action...

The whole world was at war. Rackley had to read about what was happening after the war because it was such a broad one...

Joseph L. Harrison went back to a rear base at Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: after participating in the retaking of...

Eugene Tarrant has certain memories from the war that have stuck with him to this day. One night off of Guadalcanal,...

The train was moving fast. The train brought them to California. They brought the companies up to full strength. His...

Archibald Rackerby stayed in the Marine Corps after the war ended. He was not 100 percent after his injury. [Annotator'...

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