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Neiman, Leon Early Life and Enlistment
Leon J. Neiman was born on 20 December 1924 in Reading, Pennsylvania. Neiman and his siblings were all born in the same...
Borne, Edwin Early Life and Enlistment
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was an engine operator who was on the ground...
Gilmore, Wayne Early Life and Enlistment
Wayne McKinnon Gilmore was born in Mount Hope, Kansas in November 1921. His family moved to Opelousas [Annotator's Note...
Fogg, Floyd Early Life and Enlistment
Floyd Fogg was born in April 1926 in Lacombe, Louisiana. When he was three years old, his family moved to Slidell,...
Mc Murray, Steve Early Life and Enlistment
Steve McMurray was born in June 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father worked as an accountant for a realty company...
White, Verna Early Life and Entrance Into Service
Verna White was born in 1923 in Heimdal, North Dakota. She grew up there, and in winter she enjoyed ice-skating; in...
O'Leary, Frank Early Life and Family
Frank H. O’Leary was born in June 1921 in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston, Massachusetts]. He had two older brothers....
Renstrom, Keith Early Life and Joining the Marine Corps
Keith Renstrom joined the Marine Corps on 13 June 1940. He went through boot camp in San Diego. He was raised on a farm...
Powers, Robert Early Life and Joining the Marine Corps
Robert Powers was born in June 1924 in St. Paul, Minnesota, but grew up in Hopkins, Minnesota. Growing up, he lived...
Whitten, Sumner Early Life and Joining the Marine Corps
Sumner Whitten was born in Newton, Massachusetts. After high school he went to Amherst College. In college he was in...
Shannahan, Claude Early Life and Joining the Marines
Claude Shannahan was named for three of his dad's brothers who had died of pneumonia in Canada. Shannahan was born in...
Higgins, Richard Early Life and Joining the Marines
Richard Higgins was born in Arlington, Massachusetts in Sims Hospital. Higgins moved to Harrison, Maine when he was...
Pendleton, Arthur Early Life and Joining the Marines
[Annotator's Note: Interviewer is setting up the interview and it begins with small talk about the war.] Arthur...
McEnery, James Early Life and Joining the Marines
James McEnery was born in Brooklyn, New York in September 1919. He grew up in Brooklyn in a rugged area. There was a...
Tillery, Allen Early Life and Joining the Marines
Allen Tillery was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1925. He was attending high school in Shreveport when the Japanese...
West, Gerald L. Early Life and Pearl Harbor
Gerald V. West was born in Glens Falls, New York in October 1919. His family owned a farm of about 140 acres and West's...
Sutcliffe, Albert Early Life to Deployment
Albert G. Sutcliffe was born 12 May 1925 in Bisbee, Arizona. When he was about two years old his family moved to Los...
Johnson, Homer Early Life to Marine Corps
Homer Johnson was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1924. During the Great Depression, his father worked for Ford Motor...
Stewart, Stanley Early Life, Enlistment and Basic Training
Stanley Stewart was born in July 1924 in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He lived in that model small town, where his father...
Ferris, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert J. Ferris was born in January 1922 in Pittsford, New York. He had one older brother. His father worked as a...
Bazet, James Early Life, Enlistment, Training and Deployment
James Bazet was born in December 1923 in New Orleans, Louisiana. When he was two years old, he was taken to live in...
Lansford, William Early Life, Joining the Marines and Service in Iceland
William Douglas Lansford was born in 1922 in Los Angeles. His father was an Anglo from Texas and his mother was a...
Clapper, Joe Early Military Life and Overseas Deployment
Joe Clapper was born in Jonesboro, Indiana, but grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He joined the Marine Corps just out of...
Johnson, Homer Education and Reflections
Homer Johnson remembered that during his two years of service, his mother's hair turned from black to white. People...
Carithers, Calvin Embassy Guard
Calvin Carithers was born in Pretty Prairie, Kansas in November 1927. He went to school. When he was old enough, he...
Severance, Dave End of the Fighting on Iwo Jima
Dave Severance thought they would be sent home once they took the mountain [Annotator's Note: Mount Suribachi on Iwo...
Hatch, Norman End of the War
Norman Hatch remained on Iwo Jima for the first 18 days of the battle. He was flown off on D plus 18. Hatch flew off...
Whitman, Melvin End of the War
Melvin C. Whitman and the rest of the artillery [Annotator's Note: Whitman was a member of Battery L, 3rd Battalion,...
Williamson, Leon End of the War
Leon Williamson was transferred back to the United States and was sent to Cherry Point [Annotator's Note: Marine Air...
Schilling, Ira End of the War
After combat on Tinian ended and the island was secured, Ira Schilling was sent to Hawaii. First, however, he reported...
Scales, James End of the War
In July 1945 at Camp Maui [Annotator's Note: Maui Island, Hawaii], James Shelton Scales and his staff [Annotator's Note...
Lepore, Louis End of the War and Occupation Duty
At the end of the battle [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], Louis R. Lepore was brought back to the beach and given a...
Campisano, Frank End of the War and Occupation Duty in Japan
Frank Campisano was told he would be in the first wave for the invasion of Japan. He departed for his old camp on...
West, Gerald L. End of the War and Post-War Life
Gerald West spent 1944 in an OSS [Annotator's Note: Office of Strategic Services, the pre-runner of the CIA] training...
Mervosh, Michael "Iron Mike" End of the War, Nightmares, Korea and Vietnam
After Michael Mervosh helped his wounded friends in the foxhole he realized that he had lost his hearing [Annotator's...
Jones, Gerry Enemies in the Rice Patties
While on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], Gerry Jones was called over the radio to search for some Japanese...

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