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Edward Bale went to Okinawa at the beginning of the assault as part of a deception force that did not land. The 2nd...

James J. Hill was born in September 1920 in Chicago's [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois] north side. He grew up in a...

[Annotator’s Note: This interview is outside so there is a lot of background noise throughout the clip.] Everett Pope...

Louis Burg [Annotator's Note: a second lieutenant in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] had his share of close calls on Bloody Ridge...

The train station manager said that the tracks were blown up and that passage to Yokahama would be impossible. Church...

William Lansford and the other Marine Raider recruits were taken to Jacques Farm where they began their training. The...

Norman Hatch does not think of his experiences on Tarawa or Iwo Jima continuously. Rather, his experiences flood back...

Richard Higgins occasionally wants to forget what he has seen. Higgins remembers being on Cape Gloucester hiding behind...

Quintana was born in McComb, Mississippi on December 15th, 1921. McComb was a railroad town. The majority of the...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. was on lookout duty with hi-powered binoculars when the first invasion attempt on Wake Island...

Edward Bale witnessed attacks by Japanese troops who were inebriated. He learned to like the Japanese after the war...

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