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Chuck was able to see his Ford Coupe being driven around the island by the Japanese from a window in the church they...

James Salerno cannot remember a lot of things that happened during the war. He does remember that there was a lot of...

Edmund Durocher spent three months on Pavuvu. The Marine brass cut the division [Annotator's Note: the 1st Marine...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer and Kenneth Dwight Wells are in conversation during the first part of the tape.]...

Bill Toledo was sent to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp. He was able to keep up with...

David Heath served on Guadalcanal for six months and ten days. He had a colonel that was sent back to Camp Lejeune [...

Chuck states that the guys in the Japanese army at Osaka were pretty good guys. 1 of the Japanese soldiers was even a...

After Bougainville, James Salerno and the Raiders went to New Zealand for some R...

In June 1944, Kenneth Dwight Wells went by train to Parris Island [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris...

Bill Toledo saw his first combat on 1 November 1943. He landed on the island of Bougainville [Annotator's Note:...

Chuck recalls being stripped naked with his hands locked behind his head. The Japanese would hit them with a giant...

As they neared Iwo Jima, James Salerno and the others were told that it would not take more than a week to take the...

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