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James had his back to the explosion when it occurred. 1 shell that went all the way through the armor and came near the...

[Annotator's Note: James McEnery served in the USMC as a rifleman in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...

Dale LeBlanc went to boot camp in San Diego. Marines who went to boot camp in San Diego were referred to as Hollywood...

[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a radioman and rifleman in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] They...

Gabriel Kinney's unit [Annotator's Note: 2nd Battalion, 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), also known as Merrills's...

William Myers, Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in February 1926. During the Great Depression his father worked...

In Norfolk, Virginia, Leo Praetorius was assigned to several different pilots. They were training up and down the east...

Dale Peterson served on two different cruisers, the USS San Diego (CL-53) and the USS San Juan (CL-54). His battle...

Robert Akins discusses how the heroes were the ones who gave their lives 10,000 miles from home. Of the 120 men in his...

Jack Houston had three reasons for enlisting. The first was patriotism. The second was that all of his friends were...

After his furlough, James Goodrich was told to report to Camp Pendleton. At the time Goodrich did not know what or...

Vejtasa had hit the carrier he had made a run on. Fighting 42 was aboard the Yorktown and was commanded by Jimmy...

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