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Nevin Sledge remembers that everything was secretive. One of the generals was killed by a sniper. A Marine general took...

[Annotator's Note: Raymond Urban was at Bougainville, Papua New Guinea with Marine Fighting Squadron 212 (VMF-12).] It...

Robert Frederick Reed found that flying near Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] was traumatic, knowing that...

There were no jobs when Charles Bruce got out of the service. He got married right away. He met a high school girl and...

Louise Settles had to leave the service once she was married. She knew that would happen. Her husband was to leave 20...

Ray Dennis Irby was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] for two years [Annotator's Note: during the Korean...

Returning to the United States, Vaughn Whitworth was offered a promotion to reenlist. He had had enough and went home....

Gordon Tadewaldt recalled that the USS PGM-1 had patrol duty around the Philippines. He recalled the kamikaze attacks...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks James Billingsley to talk about a soldier who committed suicide.] A guy told...

William Pierce looked at the invasion of Japan as just another battle. His Marine regiment [Annotator's Note: Pierce...

While on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], Gerry Jones was called over the radio to search for some Japanese...

Lewis S. Evans wrote letters to his girlfriend back at school, and there was one time that he did not receive any for...

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