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Heath, David Guadalcanal
David Heath found out he was behind Japanese lines. To evade the 800 soldiers, the Marines walked behind them, up a...
Salerno, James Guadalcanal
James Salerno stayed in San Diego for about four or five months. From there they went to Pearl Harbor where they saw...
Robinson, Theodore "Ted" Guadalcanal
After a year, Theodore M. "Ted" Robinson's flotilla [Annotator's Note: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 6 (MTBRon 6)] was...
Carson, Benjamin Guadalcanal
Benjamin Carson received ten days leave after the Makin Island raid. He was billeted at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in...
Higgins, Richard Guadalcanal
[Annotator's Note: Richard Higgins served in the US Marine Corps in Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...
Buell, Harold "Hal" Guadalcanal
Harold Buell was stationed on Guadalcanal where he found life in the field to be far more difficult than it was on his...
Morgan, Thomas Guadalcanal
Thomas Edgar Morgan, Sr. was discharged from the Marines as a Sergeant. While fighting on Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note...
Davis, Charles Guadalcanal
From the New Hebrides, Charles Davis said they [Annotator's Note: the USS Helena (CL-50)] proceeded with two aircraft...
Goble, Joseph Guadalcanal
Joseph Goble and the 7th Marine Regiment [Annotator's Note: Goble served as a rifleman in 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st...
Williamson, Leon Guadalcanal
Leon Williamson returned to Ewa [Annotator's Note: Ewa Field, Oahu, Hawaii] in late June [Annotator's Note: June 1944...
Fisher, Clayton Guadalcanal and Losing the USS Wasp (CV-7)
[Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher served in the Navy as a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot in Bombing Squadron 8...
Powers, Robert Guadalcanal and the Invasion of Bougainville
On his first day at sea, Robert Powers got seasick. One of his friends, Ned Meloney, played for the 49ers [Annotator's...
Gimbut, Raymond Guadalcanal and the Marianas Islands
Raymond Gimbut joined the crew of the Selfridge [Annotator's Note: USS Selfridge (DD-357)]. He thought it was a good...
Marolda, Theodore Guadalcanal Assault
Theodore Marolda received orders to board a transport bound for the Solomon Islands after it was discovered the...
Hill, Rawley Guadalcanal Invasion and War's End
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee has difficulty speaking at times throughout this segment.] Rawley R. Hill [Annotator’s...
Tatum, John Guadalcanal to Fiji
John Wesley Tatum used a Tommy gun [Annotator's Note: .45 caliber Thompson submachine gun; while serving in Company H,...
Morgan, Thomas Guadalcanal, Malaria and a New Division
Thomas Edgar Morgan, Sr. was assigned to the 1st Marine Division (Reinforced) and took part in the Battle of Midway....
Ross, George Guam and Iwo Jima then Home
During George Vincent Ross's first night there [Annotator's Note: on Guam, mariana Islands], Marines were killed...
Parra, Pedro Guam and Okinawa
They [Annotator's Note: Pedro Parra and the rest of the 854th Engineer Aviation Battalion] left Kwajalein [Annotator's...
Stevens, Kenneth Guam to Iwo Jima
Kenneth E. Stevens and his outfit were the first Marines to get into the Poway Valley [Annotator's Note: in Poway,...
Lutz, William Guam to Leyte
William Lutz thought there would be more firing of weapons. He sat behind a machine gun. It was different from the...
Lutz, William Guam to Okinawa
William Lutz remembers that his unit [Annotator’s Note: 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division] was constantly...
Pocoroba, Joseph Guarding Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill
Joseph Pocoroba said the march to Marrakesh, Morocco from Algiers, Algeria was around 1,200 miles. [Annotator's Note:...
Mermelstein, Seymour "Cy" Guarding the Border
Seymour Mermelstein was on night patrols most of the time and says they are all pretty much the same. He went out on...
McMullen, Milton Guerilla Warfare
The Japanese had snipers and other soldiers in the Philippines before the invasion [Annotator's Note: Fall of the...
Collie, C. Gunfire Attack on the Japanese Home Islands
C. Charles Collie and his ship [Annotator's Note: USS Blue (DD-744)] were detached and made part of Destroyer Squadron...
Daniels, Don Guns and Weather on Iwo Jima
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Don Daniels to describe moving across the island during the Battle of Iwo Jima...
Langrehr, Henry Guns Jamming and Reaching His Limit
Henry Langrehr had times his guns jammed and by the grace of God, he never got shot. The Thompsons [Annotator's Note: ....
Lopez, Alex Haguenau Forest and Crossing the Rhine
Going through the Haguenau Forest, Alex Lopez observed the area was torn up and mostly gone. He participated in a mop-...
Freeman, Leslie "Vincent" Halting at the Elbe River
After the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December...
Bradley, John Hanging Out With the Soldiers
After liberation [Annotator's Note: 3 February 1945 at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila Internment Camp,...
Boyer, Robert Harassment, Rehab Centers, German Mines and the Spoils of War
While he was in Nancy, France, Robert Boyer was the target of a shooting. He had been on guard duty, and afterward went...
König, Karl Hard Fight then Captured
Karl Friedrich "Charley” König [Annotator's Note: or Koenig] and his regiment [Annotator's Note: Panzer-Regiment 5,...
Stewart, Roy Hard Fighting on Iwo Jima
Roy Stewart can recall when the Marines raised the flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima. He was at an airfield and heard...
Young, James Hard Fighting on Peleliu
During his first night on Peleliu [Annotator's Note: Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, September to...
Winestone, Ted Hardships with Partisans
Ted Winestone moved to another encampment because he felt like he was not hidden well enough [Annotator's Note: after...

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