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Colbert, Hugh United Kingdom
Hugh Colbert's platoon sergeant was a man name Charles Hruby who was very good with the men and almost seemed like the big brother of Colbert&
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Colburn, George Boot Camp at Parris Island
George Colburn had never been away from home until arriving at Parris Island [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, Port
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Colburn, George Combat on the Cliffs of Iwo Jima
[Annotator's Note: George Colburn had his first combat kill in a cave on Iwo Jima, Japan in February 1945.] There was a tunnel in the cave tha
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Colburn, George Enlisting in the Marine Corps
On 11 July 1944, George Colburn and two others went into the Federal building in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts].
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Colburn, George Finding a Young Japanese Kid
[Annotator's Note: George Colburn and the 3rd Marine Division went ashore on Iwo Jima, Japan on 23 February 1945 and took the airfield Motoyam
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Colburn, George From Camp LeJeune to Camp Pendleton
George Colburn got a ten-day leave to go home after bootcamp. Two of his buddies were home at the same time.
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Colburn, George Introduced to War on Iwo Jima
George Colburn only heard scuttlebutt [Annotator's Note: a period slang term for a rumor].
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Colburn, George Joining the 3rd Marine Division on Guam
George Colburn shipped out on the USS Rochambeau (AP-63), which was the same ship that Jack Kennedy [Annotator’s Note: then US Navy Lieutenant John
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Colburn, George Making Friends in China
George Colburn went to China with the 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division [Annotator's Note: in September 1945].
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Colburn, George Meeting General Graves Erskine
Father Lanigan [Annotator's Note: unable to verify identity] was almost like a father to the men, including George Colburn.
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Colburn, George Night Action on Iwo Jima
George Colburn called for a stretcher. One of the ones who brought the stretcher got hit.
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Colburn, George Postwar Life and Career
George Colburn used the G.I.