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Frank Campisano was eager to do his part. He was told he would be put wherever the Marine Corps needed him, which was...

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...

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...

In February 1945, Salvador Guercia's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Sandoval (APA-194)] transported Marines to Saipan [...

[Annotator's Note: James Allen served in the Navy as a Fireman 2nd Class in the submarine service and was aboard the...

While Ralph Morse was in the hospital recovering from malaria, he was told he would not be going back to the Pacific [...

J. W. Childs was at the Battle of Midway, but remembers nothing in particular about the event. The USS Worden (DD-352)...

Richard Witaker volunteered for the United States Marine Corps because he was impressed by his friends who had done so...

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

Lowell Rodrigue [Annotator's Note: after joining the crew of the USS Zeilin (APA-3)] headed north to Kiska in the...

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