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Roger A. Lewis went to Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] for training. Then they [Annotator'...

Robert Powers never saw his comrade who was captured again. He knew that if he were captured he would be killed. If...

Frank Campisano was told he would be in the first wave for the invasion of Japan. He departed for his old camp on...

When the Marines were about half way down Okinawa the Japanese got around behind them. Robert Akins and some of his...

[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone served in the US Marine Corps as a member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]Guidone...

Michael Mervosh was born in Pittsburgh in 1923. The Great Depression taught him how to be frugal. At 18, he joined the...

Richard Witaker recognized that the life expectancy of platoon leaders was not very long on Okinawa. The Japanese would...

While in Charleston [Annotator's Note: Charleston, South Carolina], Roger A. Lewis did guard duty at a German POW [...

When Robert Powers invaded Guam, he did not go in on one of the new amphibious tractors [Annotator's Note: Landing...

Frank Campisano was happy to go back home. He was single while in the military and was having a good time. He went...

[Annotators Note: Robert Ray Akins served in a special weapons company in the 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...

[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone served in the US Marine Corps as a member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] While...

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