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James Stewart Rosenbaum's most memorable experience was when his friend went on a mission and was killed by a sniper....

The operation on Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu Island, Palau] was supposed to be in conjunction with the offensive...

Richard Greer experienced some bayonet fighting during the Battle for Henderson Field but more so at Point Cruz. They...

On 1 December 1943, they [Annotator's Note: Dave Severance and the rest of the 3rd Marine Parachute Battalion] attacked...

[Annotator's Note: Jacklyn Lucas stowed away aboard the USS Deuel (APA-160) on 10 January 1945 for the trip from Pearl...

On the way to Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Peleliu Island, Palau], Melvin C. Whitman crossed paths with a Navy ship that...

Francis John "Dick" Varone was born in October 1925 in Mechanicville, New York. He was raised there with his two...

To Richard Greer the staff NCOs in the weapons company were the heroes. They had a lot of old staff NCOs that they...

Dave Severance remembers the Marine Corps having 18,000 men at the time of his enlistment. He made corporal four times...

They [Annotator’s Note: Jacklyn Lucas and his fellow Marines of Company C, 1st Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 5th...

[Annotator's Note: Melvin C. Whitman was on Peleliu, Palau with Battery L, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st...

Francis John "Dick" Varone enlisted in the Marine Corps by himself. He waited until he received orders to report to...

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