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Ira Schilling killed a Japanese soldier on Guadalcanal with a shotgun. In the morning, before the Marines moved out...

Joseph Burrell was born in Toledo, Ohio in February 1922. His family moved to Detroit [Annotator's Note: Detroit,...

The war taught Frank Pryor obedience, discipline, and how to take care of himself. He thought it was advantageous for...

World War 2 made a good Christian out of Frank Kern. When he got back home, he felt taken care of, was kept busy by the...

Lester Hecht's commanding officer's name was John L. Smith [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Colonel John Lucian Smith...

The second and final time Floyd Fogg was wounded, the Marines were taking Hill 515 for the fifth time. They were...

Giles Bacon visited the military cemetery at Honolulu years after the war. It is a beautiful memorial. One of the men...

After dropping his bomb, Sumner Whitten turned to get away from the Haruna's [Annotator's Note: Imperial Japanese Navy...

Wicker was not fast enough so his buddy would help him swim along in the water [Annotators Note: during the attack on...

On Guadalcanal, Ira Schilling and Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment faced some enemy air raids and naval...

[Annotator's Note: Joseph Burrell received his orders to basic training on 22 December 1942]. Joseph Burrell had his...

Janice Evenson was shown how to do her job. [Annotator’s Note: Evenson worked at a munitions plant]. She looked at a...

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