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George Joseph Sullivan was on a ship gun crew. When he would be sitting off the beach, he would ask to go ashore. Once...

Jack Brukman found everything to be out of whack for them when they arrived at their destination [Annotator's Note: the...

[Annotator's Note: Person offscreen interjects throughout the interview]. Harold G. Cowart and his unit headed to Maui...

Gene Alair was aboard the USS Astoria (CA-34) during the battle of Guadalcanal. Saipan was a big operation [Annotator’s...

Ira Schilling and his outfit of assault engineers landed in the third wave during the invasion of Saipan. They landed...

[Annotator's Note: A person off screen interjects throughout interview.] There were big rainstorms while there [...

Howard Ricks basically tried to stay alive through various close calls at Saipan. On Saipan, his outfit [Annotator's...

When Ira Schilling and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division...

Vaughn Whitworth boarded a troop train to Norfolk, Virginia where he loaded onto the USS James O'Hara (APA-90) and...

Richard Yavenue was told to pack his sea bag and wait to be shipped out as a replacement. He was later assigned to the...

Richard Yavenue and and his unit [Annotator's Note: 2nd Battalion, 18th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] started...

During and after the Battle of Saipan, Ira Schilling and his fellow Marines willingly accepted enemy troops who...

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