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[Annotator's Note: George Peto served in the US Marine Corps in a machine gun section in 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine...

When Calvin Moore arrived at Camp Lejeune [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North...

Vaughn Whitworth remembers celebrating V-J Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945]. He felt that...

William J. Twigger saw very little fighting at Sugar Loaf [Annotator's Note: The Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill, 12 May to...

Archibald Rackerby joined the Marine Corps on 27 December 1941 and went to boot camp in San Diego [Annotator's Note:...

Harry McKnight was not smart enough to be afraid until he heard shells firing for the first time. It took time for him...

After Harold Rosen was wounded, he went back into action. The shrapnel was embedded and it allowed him to serve, but...

Charles Womack saw many civilians on Okinawa. The civilians would bow as the Marines passed by them. Womack's unit [...

When Company I came to the relief of a decimated Company K, George Peto, who served as a forward mortar observer,...

Calvin Moore left boot camp in September 1943. He attended his sister's funeral and returned in time to be shipped out...

Returning to the United States, Vaughn Whitworth was offered a promotion to reenlist. He had had enough and went home....

In civilian life, William J. Twigger had a dear friend who became an officer in the Navy. By stroke of luck, he wrote...

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