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Killilea, Kenneth Kwajalein
Kenneth Killilea left the United States and sailed with the 4th Marine Division to Roi-Namur in the Kwajalein Islands in the Marshall Island group.
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Killilea, Kenneth Postwar
Kenneth Killilea boarded a hospital ship offshore of Iwo Jima after being wounded in action.
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Killilea, Kenneth Reflections
Kenneth Killilea feels strongly that it is important to continue to study World War 2.
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Killilea, Kenneth Saipan and Tinian
Kenneth Killilea and the 4th Marine Division left Maui to invade the Japanese island of Saipan. It was a disaster from the start.
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King, Rivers Combat, Training, then Back to Combat
Rivers Richardson King was assigned to Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 233 (VMSB-233) and headed to Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal,
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King, Rivers From New Orleans to Guadalcanal
Rivers Richardson King was born in October 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Great Depression effected his family negatively.
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King, Rivers Reflections
Rivers Richardson King thought the SBD [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] dive bomber was very reliable and sank more ships
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King, William After The War
William King did not want to stay in the Army after the war. He bought an Army surplus jeep with ten cartons of cigarettes.
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King, William Americans and Parisians
William King never experienced any discrimination while in the service. He never thought about it. He wrote home regularly.
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King, William Home and Last Thoughts
Coming back to the United States was better than going over for William King.
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King, William Overseas to Europe
[Annotator's Note: William King was trained to repair and maintain communications equipment at Camp Crowder, Missouri.] King went to a replace
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King, William Prewar Life to Enlistment
William King was born October 1925 in Brooklyn, New York. It was a nice community that was rather mixed, Italians and Irish.