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[Annotators Note: Robert Addison served in the USMC as a mortar man in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] Edson [...

David Heath served on Guadalcanal for six months and ten days. He had a colonel that was sent back to Camp Lejeune [...

When the Battle of the Tenaru River ended, Lieutenant Port recommended Frank Stewart for the Navy Cross but the captain...

Theodore Marolda received orders to board a transport bound for the Solomon Islands after it was discovered the...

In Norfolk, Claude Shannahan met a WAVE [Annotator's Note: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service] girl during...

Hugh Wingo and his unit trained at Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii] for a while before they went...

Joseph Goble comments on Major Rogers [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps Major Otho Rogers, commanding officer of the...

Henry Bourgeois was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He first flew when he was about seven years old. After...

David Heath missed his military friends. He does not think he suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. However,...

Frank Stewart stopped to see one of his brothers in Oklahoma on his way to Boston when he returned to the United States...

Theodore Marolda had busy days [Annotator's Note: with Company A, 1st Armored Amphibian Tractor Battalion, 1st Marine...

Claude Shannahan's worst memories from Guadalcanal were largely from Bloody Ridge. With the Japanese approaching from...

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