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

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

Edward Bale did not see any particular danger to his tanks in the second and third day of combat on Tarawa except for...

Paul J. Frisco served aboard the USS Cushing (DD-797) during the ship's entire wartime cruise. The ship was the fourth...

Robert M. Solomon lost a girlfriend when he had to go participate in the maneuvers. He felt like the United States...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Houston served in the US Marine Corps as a rifleman in 3rd Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion,...

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

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

Before the war, Sterling Mace played baseball and had aspirations to pitch. He pitched for the Philip Morris cigarette...

Ari Phoutrides was born in Seattle in 1925. His father was a priest who was moved around the country often.After high...

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

[Annotator's Note: Eugene Tarrant served in the Navy as a captain’s mess attendant aboard the USS San Francisco (CA38...

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