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When Keith Renstrom went to Iwo Jima he fought well because the excitement was not there. He functioned better as a...

Father Lanigan [Annotator's Note: unable to verify identity] was almost like a father to the men, including George...

Arthur Fishman is a World War 2 Navy veteran. He had three sons and several grandchildren, and his wife passed away. He...

Kenneth E. Stevens heard the war was over when they [Annotator's Note: Company E, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment,...

The Japanese were underneath the island [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] while the Marines were on it. James Shelton...

Benjamin Carson had never heard of Iwo Jima before he was told that the Marines would be invading that part of Japan....

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

Frank Pryor was well supplied on Iwo Jima. The SeaBees [Annotator's Note: members of US naval construction battalions]...

John St. Germain was wounded while advancing up Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima; 19...

Thomas Joseph Lemme went directly from Hawaii to Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan with Company G, 2nd...

Dave Severance was scared that he was going to be court martialed. He ran back to company [Annotator's Note: Company E...

Howard Ricks reached the island of Iwo Jima and discovered that the Japanese opposition was nearly invisible. Their...

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