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William Pierce recounts the lack of success for the 37mm gun in Europe. He discusses a Marine Medal of Honor recipient...

David Lamar Mealor thought the Japanese soldiers were very brutal and treated people inhumanely. The dropping of atomic...

William Stewart was sent to Washington state to work on the radar in flying box cars. He made corporal as an auto...

Carey Suratt trained at Great Lakes, Illinois. Boot camp lasted five weeks. He enjoyed boot camp. The trainees learned...

Upon turning 21, Peter Hebert‘s enlistment was up, and he tried to reenlist while he was still in the Philippines...

Jones believes that the raid was important and worth the risk and cost. After the raid the men just kept on going.Jones...

[Annotator's Note: Arthur Pendleton served in the US Marine Corps as a machine gunner in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st...

Mitchell Zimmer and the USS Snapper (SS-185) had multiple war patrols while using faulty torpedoes. Most of their...

Donald Draxler was brought back to Hawaii [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Battle of Saipan] and...

Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm returned from the war and was happy that the G.I. Bill was available [Annotator's Note: the...

Leisey was born in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania May 10th, 1923. He moved to Honey Brook, Pennsylvania where he ended up...

While serving aboard the USS Hall (DD-583) in the Marshall Islands, William Currier helped search for a downed Marine...

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