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John Wesley Tatum was born in 1919 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He worked in North Carolina at a pole mill in Leland...

Harry Bender was discharged from the Marine Corps in June 1946. His friend, William "Bill" Laden [Annotator's Note: US...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot in Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in combat...

When the 2nd Marine Division shipped out from New Zealand only the battalion commanders knew the specifics of the...

The Americal [Annotator's Note: the US Army Americal Division] came in in October [Annotator's Note: October 1942] and...

Claude Shannahan left Tulagi and boarded the USS Colhoun (APD-2) on the way to Guadalcanal. They had just gotten into...

John Wesley Tatum was in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division when they landed on...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot in Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in combat...

Teddy [Annotator's Note: Lieutenant Theodore "Teddy" Keller, Gravois' future brother-in-law] and Gravois trained in New...

Claude Shannahan’s unit [Annotator's Note: Company A, 1st Marine Raider Battalion] was relieved and shipped to New...

Charles Brooks was born in Dallas, Texas. Life in the Great Depression was difficult. His mother had been widowed when...

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