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Wicker, Benjamin Segment 1
Wicker was born in Scotlandville, Louisiana in 1923. He had a good life growing up, his father worked for the railroad...
Bailey, Herman Segment 1
Bailey was born in Lancaster County, South Carolina on 12 September 1921.During the Great Depression Bailey's clothes...
Deen, Braswell Segment 1
Deen was born in McCray, Georgia. His father was the president of South Methodist College. He was one of three kids....
Williams, Hershel "Woody" Segment 1
Hershel Williams was born and raised in a country atmosphere in West Virginia. His father was in the dairy business....
Carrington, James Segment 1
James Carrington has previously been interviewed by Tom Brokaw and for Oliver North’s War Stories. Carrington was born...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 1
Leisey was born in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania May 10th, 1923. He moved to Honey Brook, Pennsylvania where he ended up...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 1
James Smith was known as Horse [Annotators Note: also as Horse Collar] during his time in the Marine Corps. He earned...
Church, Ray Segment 10
They had to go through roll call everyday at the camp. They were all assigned different Japanese numbers. In the...
Quintana, Ben Segment 10
Quintana believes that it is important that people continue to study and research World War II however he does note...
Mack, Frank Segment 10
Mack is the chaplain of the Sixth Marine Division Association. He notes that the ranks are getting very thin. The...
Greer, Richard Segment 10
The last thing Richard Greer and his fellow Marines did before leaving Guadalcanal was to dedicate a cemetery in honor...
Bailey, Herman Segment 10
Bailey has seen the Okinawan civilian jumping off of cliffs on television. It puzzles Bailey how two Okinawan women...
Deen, Braswell Segment 10
The second day they were run out by the Japanese again [Annotator’s Note: On Okinawa, April 1945]. Deen notes that it...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 10
James Smith watched the battle [Annotators Note: the battle of Gavutu] from Tulagi. [Annotators Note: Smith gets off...
Church, Ray Segment 11
They did not know the exact cause of his death since he was in halfway decent shape but initially they were told his...
Mack, Frank Segment 11
Mack was going to bring his carbine home with him. He put it in his sea bag and had all of his stuff packed around it....
Greer, Richard Segment 11
While Richard Greer and his fellow Marines were on Guadalcanal they were bombed almost constantly. They were hit at ten...
Bailey, Herman Segment 11
Bailey had a picture of himself with a flamethrower on his back. It was taken while he was waiting to go free one of...
Deen, Braswell Segment 11
Deen was hit on the top of Wana Ridge [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa, April 1945]. He was hit by a Japanese knee mortar....
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 11
For the first battle of the Matanikau, James Smith and the Raiders were going to go up the river and 1st Battalion, 7th...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 12
James Smith went home on 2 September 1945. He had a good job in New Zealand where he stayed for the rest of the war [...
Church, Ray Segment 12
1 day a train loaded with bomb shells came into the camp and as it came through the camp a routine safety check found a...
Bailey, Herman Segment 12
Bailey feels that war should be over with. His division fought the Chinese in North Korea. Young men are fighting today...
Deen, Braswell Segment 12
Deen remembers the fear that was prevalent among the replacements, yet they responded when it was time to fight. He...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 13
After the war, James Smith had a hard time adjusting to civilian life. He got a job before he was even discharged from...
Church, Ray Segment 13
Church was able to keep his wits about him during his prisoner experience because every man he was with was in the same...
Deen, Braswell Segment 13
The discipline in the Marine Corps helped to make Deen’s life successful. He is glad that he went through it and the...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 14
James Smith feels there are parts of World War 2 that can be pretty instructive to the future. He believes that with...
Church, Ray Segment 14
Church recently made a trip back to Guam and laid a wreath down at the monument for the soldiers killed there during...
Chuck, Harris Segment 2
Chuck was incredibly upset about Pearl Harbor. He had no idea even after Pearl Harbor that 5000 Japanese Marines were...
Rosen, Harold "Hank" Segment 2
Harold Rosen took part in a simulation that was supposed to help them get ready for their next invasion. He recalls...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 2
Gravois had had plenty of amphibious landing training. He also had a lot of combat training in boot camp. He did a lot...
Church, Ray Segment 2
Church did not know what to expect when he surrendered. There was about 5000 troops with over 4500 backups. There were...
Quintana, Ben Segment 2
After Quintana went through boot camp, he came out feeling like he could fight anyone. They prepared the men in boot...
Mack, Frank Segment 2
Mack graduated from high school June 1st, 1943. He entered the United States Navy on July 13th, 1943 and was discharged...
Greer, Richard Segment 2
After basic training Richard Greer and the other Marines from his boot camp class went to Norfolk, Virginia where they...

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