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Akins, Robert Segment 2
[Annotators Note: Robert Ray Akins served in a special weapons company in the 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...
Hilliard, Madlyn and Paul Segment 2
For Paul Hilliard, The National WWII Museum obtaining an SBD [Annotators Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] is a...
Bacon, Giles Segment 2
Giles Bacon remained at Merritt Island for five months before transferring to Quantico, Virginia. He then transferred...
Wicker, Benjamin Segment 2
Another torpedo came and hit the USS California [Annotator’s Note: during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor]. Another...
Bailey, Herman Segment 2
Bailey checked in with his draft board and was put on a bus to Camp Croft. He told the army recruiter that he wanted to...
Deen, Braswell Segment 2
When they landed on New Caledonia they were told they were going to march off their sea legs with a thirty mile hike....
Williams, Hershel "Woody" Segment 2
Hershel Williams was sent to the capitol city of Charleston [Annotator's Note: Charleston, South Carolina] and from...
Carrington, James Segment 2
[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 2
Leisey was told before he deployed that he was going to go to Officer Candidate School, yet that never developed. He...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 2
[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a radioman and rifleman in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] The...
Chuck, Harris Segment 3
Chuck was able to see his Ford Coupe being driven around the island by the Japanese from a window in the church they...
Rosen, Harold "Hank" Segment 3
After Harold Rosen was wounded, he went back into action. The shrapnel was embedded and it allowed him to serve, but...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 3
Another problem they had was when they 1st arrived on the island they ran out of food. When they landed they had the...
Church, Ray Segment 3
1 of the men working with Church was hard headed and clearly unhappy with their current predicament. When they were...
Quintana, Ben Segment 3
Quintana had to board an Australian ship that left from American Samoa. On Tulagi, the landing was rougher than...
Mack, Frank Segment 3
Mack was attached to the Sixth Marine Division and sent to Guadalcanal for training. The Sixth Marine Division was...
Greer, Richard Segment 3
Richard Greer served as a machinegunner in Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. During...
Akins, Robert Segment 3
One night the men were on a 100 percent alert. Robert Akins was manning the 37mm antitank gun. Around two in the...
Bacon, Giles Segment 3
In 1940, the US Navy broke the Japanese code. On 27 November of 1941 Giles Bacon heard about a Japanese tanker that...
Wicker, Benjamin Segment 3
Wicker was not fast enough so his buddy would help him swim along in the water [Annotator’s Note: during the attack on...
Bailey, Herman Segment 3
Bailey had been walking around the ship [Annotator's Note: the ship that was taking him to the invasion of Okinawa]. He...
Deen, Braswell Segment 3
They would get up at four in the morning on Pavavu. They were in King (K) Co. 3-1 [Annotator’s Note: K Company, 3rd...
Williams, Hershel "Woody" Segment 3
From late November of 1943 until Guam in 1944 Hershel Williams was engaged in a rigorous training regimen. When...
Carrington, James Segment 3
[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 3
Leisey was sent to Pearl Harbor [Annotator’s Note: Hawaii] for surgery. They operated on his hand and back. It was a...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 3
[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a radioman and rifleman in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] They...
Chuck, Harris Segment 4
Chuck states that the guys in the Japanese army at Osaka were pretty good guys. 1 of the Japanese soldiers was even a...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 4
Another frightening experience Gravois had was during the Battle of the Matanikau River. For the battle they [Annotator...
Church, Ray Segment 4
The first name on the list leaving for the camp Tanagawa was Ray Church. McLean had arranged for this transfer as a way...
Quintana, Ben Segment 4
Bloody Ridge had other names but that night it was officially named Bloody Ridge. It was the one spot that the Japanese...
Mack, Frank Segment 4
There were little pockets of resistance [Annotator’s Note: during the first days on Okinawa]. His company started...
Greer, Richard Segment 4
Richard Greer experienced some bayonet fighting during the Battle for Henderson Field but more so at Point Cruz. They...
Akins, Robert Segment 4
When the Marines were about half way down Okinawa the Japanese got around behind them. Robert Akins and some of his...
Bacon, Giles Segment 4
[Annotators Note: Giles Bacon enlisted in the USMC in January 1939. He was assigned as a brig guard at Pearl Harbor and...

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