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The first of the three battles that stands out to William Lansford was at Asamana on 11 November [Annotator's Note: 11...

Robert Villars was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in January 1925. His father held his job as a clerk throughout the...

Robert Dannehl was playing softball with friends on a Sunday morning, and then came home where his mother and siblings...

Wilbur Lee Jackson was discharged, but had to sign up for the draft afterward. There was concern about the war not...

Grant Patton was born in Oklahoma in May 1915. He had three radio shops in Texas. He serviced jukeboxes, record players...

Howard Baroudi saw hell at Tarawa [Annotator's Note: the Battle of Tarawa, 20 to 23 November 1943; Tarawa, Gilbert...

William Lansford took part in the Long Patrol with the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion on Guadalcanal. Most of the time he...

Robert Villars received his boot camp training in San Diego. He nearly got into trouble for pilfering a lemon pie...

Robert Dannehl was a radio operator [Annotator’s Note: for the US Navy serving about the USS Hubbard (DE-211)]. He...

James T. Lindsey was born in Marshall, Missouri in August 1924. He grew up with one sister. His parents owned a...

Grant Patton had an amateur radio license. He joined the Naval Reserve Radio Network. He volunteered as a Navy radioman...

When William Lansford and the other members of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion were in New Zealand he was walking down...

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