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Hall, William Becoming a Marine
Despite his father's initial objection, William Hall was excited to be activated as a Marine. Hall was sent to San...
Lemme, Thomas Becoming a Marine
Thomas Joseph Lemme teamed up with a fellow named John Prentice Brown [Annotator's Note: Lemme was drafted into the...
Famularo, Salvatore Becoming a Marine
Salvatore Famularo does not know why he picked the Marine Corps. He thought he was an athletic kid. He had street sense...
Baul, Henry Becoming a Marine
Henry L Baul was born in December 1922 in Fitzgerald, Georgia. His family moved to Florida when Baul was young. His...
Lucas, Jack Becoming a Marine
Jacklyn Lucas's uncle had been a Marine. He finished his eighth grade of school in June 1942. He overwhelmed his mother...
Whitman, Melvin Becoming a Marine
Melvin C. Whitman did his basic training in San Diego [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in San...
Varone, Francis "Dick" Becoming a Marine
Francis John "Dick" Varone enlisted in the Marine Corps by himself. He waited until he received orders to report to...
Costa, Anthony Becoming a Marine
Anthony Costa was born in Concord, California in January 1920. At the time, Concord was a small farm town. His father...
Campisano, Frank Becoming a Marine
Thinking he would ship out the next day, Frank Campisano took the family car to be sworn into the Navy. But when he...
Lepore, Louis Becoming a Marine
Louis R. Lepore joined the Marine Corps in September 1942 and retired in May 1971 after 29 years of service. Lepore...
Skaggs, Jack Becoming a Marine
Jack Skaggs joined the Oklahoma National Guard when he was 15 years old. He was in Headquarters Battery, 70th Field...
Marolda, Theodore Becoming a Marine
Theodore Marolda enlisted for four years in the Marine Corps. He went to Parris Island [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps...
Wilson, Adolph Becoming a Marine
Adolph Wilson arrived in San Diego for Marine training after three days of travel on a train from New Orleans. The men...
Ross, George Becoming a Marine
In boot camp, George Vincent Ross was initially treated as a low-life by the DI [Annotator's Note: drill instructor]....
Banyas, Martin Becoming a Marine and First Combat
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts with Martin Banyas mid-sentence talking about being drafted.] Banyas learned...
Toledo, Bill Becoming a Marine and Overseas Deployment
Bill Toledo was sent to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp. He was able to keep up with...
Heath, David Becoming a Marine and Pearl Harbor
In 1940, David Heath graduated high school and went to work on a farm. Later that year, he joined the Marines [...
Williamson, Leon Becoming a Marine Aviator
Leon Williamson grew up in Tecumseh, Michigan. He attended school in the town, then went to Michigan State College [...
Bourgeois, Henry "Hank" Becoming a Marine Aviator and Deployment to Guadalcanal
Henry Bourgeois was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He first flew when he was about seven years old. After...
Bale, Edward Becoming a Marine Officer
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Edward Bale was sent to Philadelphia to the Marine Corps basic officer's course and...
Hill, James Becoming a Marine Pilot
James J. Hill took all the Marine courses with no problem [Annotator's Note: during Marine Corps boot camp in late 1941...
Morris, Mac Becoming a Marine Pilot
Mac Glenn Morris flew for the first time in the backseat of a Stearman [Annotator's Note: Boeing-Stearman Model 75...
Rackerby, Archibald "Archie" Becoming a Marine Raider
Archibald Rackerby was assigned to the 3rd Marine Raider Battalion. Colonel Liversedge [Annotator's Note: later US...
Addison, Robert Becoming a Marine Raider
Robert Addison joined the United States Marine Corps on 7 January 1942. He spent three weeks at Parris Island and then...
Powers, Robert Becoming a Marine Raider
After boot camp, Robert Powers joined a rifle company at Camp Elliot, then volunteered for a Marine Raider unit. He...
DuBose, John Becoming a Merchant Mariner
After John DuBose signed on with the Merchant Marines, he was shipped to the Maritime Academy in St. Petersburg,...
Shaw, Roger Becoming a Merchant Mariner
Roger Shaw was born in New Orleans in 1921. He grew up and was educated in New Orleans. After graduating high school,...
Walter, Louis Becoming a Merchant Mariner
Louis John Walter was first assigned to the SS James Buchanan [Annotator's Note: as a seaman in the Merchant Marine]....
Buell, Harold "Hal" Becoming a Naval Aviator
Harold Buell attended Parsons College in Iowa [Annotator's Note: Fairfield, Iowa] on an athletic scholarship. He was an...
Bass, Stewart Becoming a Naval Aviator
Stewart Bass was trained to be a naval aviator. The first months involved college type training at St. Mary's College...
Weymouth, Ralph Becoming a Naval Aviator
Ralph Weymouth graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1938. He was 12 years and old living in northwest Seattle in 1929...
Carmody, Martin "Red" Becoming a Naval Aviator
Martin Carmody did his flight training at Corpus Christi, Texas. When he graduated nine months later he was sent to San...
Brooks, Charles Edward Becoming a Naval Aviator and Joining USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Charles Brooks entered the United States Navy. He was first shipped to Athens, Georgia for basic physical training...
Rorschach, Robert Becoming a Naval Officer
Robert L. Rorschach enlisted in the Navy and attended Midshipman School at Prairie State, and spent time aboard the...
Theis, Kenneth Becoming a Naval Officer
Kenneth Theis completed midshipman training in two months and was commissioned an ensign in the Navy in November 1943....
Zeringer, Harold Becoming a Naval Officer and Hunting Submarines
Harold Zeringer and several of his friends decided to enlist in the United States Navy on 9 December 1941, just a few...

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