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As the 6th Marines [Annotator's Note: 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division] were going in [Annotator's Note: on...

James McEnery was sent to a naval base in Norfolk, Virginia. While he was in Norfolk a national state of emergency was...

Jack Skaggs joined the Oklahoma National Guard when he was 15 years old. He was in Headquarters Battery, 70th Field...

Chuck was born in Long Island, New York in 1917. He believes that things were going better during the Great Depression...

After Harold Rosen was wounded, he went back into action. The shrapnel was embedded and it allowed him to serve, but...

Ed Weber is proud to have been in the Marine Corps. He loves his country and the Marine Corps. It upsets him greatly to...

Harold Rosen took part in a simulation that was supposed to help them get ready for their next invasion. He recalls...

The picture of Leisey is on half a dozen things that he can think of. He has copies of the picture that go back to 1944...

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

Adolph Wilson was born in Oakdale, Louisiana in 1922. Before the war, his father was in the coffee business. He...

Benjamin Carson found that evacuating Makin Island was far more difficult that arriving there. The tide worked against...

Sidney Philips remembers explosions everywhere. Small arms fire everywhere. The total concern was for yourself. It is...

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