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Whitten, Sumner Going After the Japanese Battleship Haruna
After dropping his bomb, Sumner Whitten turned to get away from the Haruna's [Annotator's Note: Imperial Japanese Navy...
Higgins, Richard Going Home and Japanese Tactics
Richard Higgins left Peleliu and went to Pavuvu and got off the ship. The next day a clerk told Higgins that he was...
Phillips, Sidney Going Home and Leaving Sledge on Pavuvu
Sidney Philips remembers someone being perfect. He was handsome, young, and the girls loved him. Phillips tells...
Durocher, Edmund Going Home and Reflections
Edmund Durocher spent three months on Pavuvu. The Marine brass cut the division [Annotator's Note: the 1st Marine...
Tillery, Allen Going Home and Some Interesting Experiences
One day in late 1945 Allen Tillery was called in to the office of the colonel and informed that his application for the...
Goodrich, James Going Home, Stateside Duty and Discharge
James Goodrich was taken from Iwo Jima to a hospital on Guam. He was on Guam for about 12 or 13 days before being...
Durocher, Edmund Going Through the Jungle
[Annotator's Note: Edmund Durocher served in the US Marine Corps as a radio telephone operator in Company H, 2nd...
Whitten, Sumner Going to Guadalcanal and Reflections on Midway
Sumner Whitten received orders to return to Ewa [Annotator's Note: following the Battle of Midway]. He got aboard a B-...
Scales, James Going to Iwo Jima
James Shelton Scales was a battalion commander [Annotator's Note: of 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...
McEnery, James Going to New Zealand with the 5th Marine Regiment
James McEnery was sent to a naval base in Norfolk, Virginia. While he was in Norfolk a national state of emergency was...
Cole, Edgar Going to Work and Reaction to Pearl Harbor
[Annotator's Note: Edgar Cole served in the US Marine Corps as a communications specialist in the 52nd Defense...
Durocher, Edmund Goodenough Island
After some time in Melbourne, Edmund Durocher and the other Marines [Annotator's Note: of the 1st Marine Division] were...
Lansford, William Goofy Things in Combat, Being Wounded and Occupation Duty
To William Lansford, all campaigns had goofy things happen. The first time he went out by himself he had been warned of...
Schicker, Tom Graduating Boot Camp
Ray Davidson [Annotator's Note: phonetic spelling; unable to identify], and maybe Bender [Annotator's Note: phonetic...
LeBlanc, Dale Growing Up and Joining the Marines
Dale LeBlanc was born in Lafayette, Louisiana and grew up like most every other American boy during the depression....
O'Keefe, Jeremiah Growing up in Mississippi
Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Keefe was born in Ocean Springs, Mississippi in July 1923. He grew up in a big antebellum home which...
Heath, David Guadalcanal
David Heath found out he was behind Japanese lines. To evade the 800 soldiers, the Marines walked behind them, up a...
Salerno, James Guadalcanal
James Salerno stayed in San Diego for about four or five months. From there they went to Pearl Harbor where they saw...
Carson, Benjamin Guadalcanal
Benjamin Carson received ten days leave after the Makin Island raid. He was billeted at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in...
Shannahan, Claude Guadalcanal
Claude Shannahan left Tulagi and boarded the USS Colhoun (APD-2) on the way to Guadalcanal. They had just gotten into...
Higgins, Richard Guadalcanal
[Annotator's Note: Richard Higgins served in the US Marine Corps in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...
Williamson, Leon Guadalcanal
Leon Williamson returned to Ewa [Annotator's Note: Ewa Field, Oahu, Hawaii] in late June [Annotator's Note: June 1944...
Powers, Robert Guadalcanal and the Invasion of Bougainville
On his first day at sea, Robert Powers got seasick. One of his friends, Ned Meloney, played for the 49ers [Annotator's...
Lansford, William Guadalcanal and the Makin Island Raid
The first chance William Lansford and the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion had [Annotator's Note: to fight the Japanese] was...
Marolda, Theodore Guadalcanal Assault
Theodore Marolda received orders to board a transport bound for the Solomon Islands after it was discovered the...
Goss, Thomas Guadalcanal Campaign
Thomas Goss was sent overseas to New Caledonia with his unit [Annotator’s Note: Marine Air Group 25] as a radio...
Hill, Rawley Guadalcanal Invasion and War's End
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee has difficulty speaking at times throughout this segment.] Rawley R. Hill [Annotator’s...
Tatum, John Guadalcanal to Fiji
John Wesley Tatum used a Tommy gun [Annotator's Note: .45 caliber Thompson submachine gun; while serving in Company H,...
Dyer, Jimmie Guadalcanal to Okinawa
Jimmie Dyer went from Guadalcanal to Okinawa. All of their equipment was on the deck of the ship and it rained the...
Heath, David Guadalcanal, New Zealand and Tropical Illnesses
David Heath was stationed near Henderson Field [Annotator's Note: American airfield on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands...
Martin, Charles Guam
Charles Martin was at Camp Pendleton [Annotator’s Note: in Oceanside, California] when they formed the 1st Amphibious...
Villarrubia, Forrest Guam
Forrest Villarrubia found the weather on Guam to be beautiful while he was stationed there after his tour in Leyte. The...
Ross, George Guam and Iwo Jima then Home
During George Vincent Ross's first night there [Annotator's Note: on Guam, mariana Islands], Marines were killed...
Roslensky, Marvin Guam Before the War
Marvin A. Roslansky [Annotator's Note: a US Marine] was assigned to Insular Patrol [Annotator's Note: with the Guam...
Haslauer, Warren Guam to Home
After finishing up in Guam [Annotator's Note: Second Battle of Guam, 21 July to 10 August 1944 at Guam, Mariana Islands...
Stevens, Kenneth Guam to Iwo Jima
Kenneth E. Stevens and his outfit were the first Marines to get into the Poway Valley [Annotator's Note: in Poway,...

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