Interview with Henry McNair
Staff Sergeant Henry McNair, born in Dillon, South Carolina, completed the seventh grade before joining the Marine Corps in 1945. He served with the 52nd Defense Battalion in occupied Saipan and Guam....
View ArticleInterview with Henyard Grover Faulk
Henyard Faulk served in the US Navy during WWII. He was sworn into the Navy in Raleigh, North Carolina on September 5, 1941. He went to boot camp at Norfolk, Virginia and was eventually assigned to the...
View ArticleInterview with Kenneth Dixon
Kenneth Dixon entered the Army in 1949 at the age of 17. After serving in Europe for several years, he volunteered to fight in Korea. While there, he earned the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery...
View ArticleInterview with Kenneth Mastella
Kenneth Mastella entered the military in 1959 in Greenville, South Carolina. He completed the Infantry Officers Basic Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, and the Psychological Operations Officers Course...
View ArticleInterview with LaSalle Vaughn
Gunnery Sergeant LaSalle Vaughn, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, joined the Marines in 1942 and was assigned to the Stewards' Branch, where he became an accomplished baker and chef. During his career as a...
View ArticleInterview with Lawrence Diggs
Corporal Lawrence Diggs is from the delta country of Mississippi, but moved to Chicago as a young man. He joined the Corps in 1943, and went ashore with an ammunition company at Peleliu Island. After...
View ArticleInterview with Lawrence Henderson
Lawrence Henderson joined the U.S. Navy in 1939, completed basic training in Norfolk, Va., and was assigned to USS California. In March of 1940, he sailed for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Henderson was on the...
View ArticleInterview with Lee Douglas
Corporal Lee Douglas, a native of Columbia, South Carolina, joined the Corps in 1943 and participated in the invasion of Peleliu. Discharged from the Corps after World War II, he settled in Baltimore,...
View ArticleInterview with Leonard H. Mapes
Major Loenard Mapes recounts his entry and experiences in the Marine Corps. He describes the various jobs he held, the entertainers who visited, the living conditions of he and his fellow Marines, and...
View ArticleInterview with Leo Bednarczyk
Leo Bednarczyk was born in Chicago, the son of Polish immigrants. He enlisted in the Navy immediately after graduating high school in 1942. He was deployed to the Pacific theater as an engineer and...
View ArticleInterview with Leroy Mack
Gunnery Sergeant Leroy Mack of Brooklyn, New York, was a career Marine, joining the Corps in 1948. A broken back, obtained in a football game, kept him out of Korea, but he served in Vietnam. He...
View ArticleInterview with Leslie L. Brady
Leslie Brady joined the U.S. Army National Guard on January 22, 1940 and was assigned to the 28th Infantry Division. He began active service on February 17, 1941. Brady received basic training at...
View ArticleInterview with Leroy Grayson
Private First Class Leroy Clifton Grayson of Middleburg, Virginia joined the Marines in 1943. During World War II he served with occupation forces on Guadalcanal. After the war he moved to the Washing,...
View ArticleInterview with Lloyd Batten
Lloyd Batten joined the U.S. Army in November of 1942. He attended basic training at Camp Beall, California, and desert training at the California/Arizona Desert Training Center in the Mohave Desert....
View ArticleInterview with Lloyd Jard
Lloyd Jard enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943. He attended Midshipman school at Columbia University. He was assigned to LST (Landing Ship Tank) 47 and deployed Europe, landing in England. From February...
View ArticleInterview with Lorenzo Felder
Lorenzo Felder from Baltimore, Maryland, served with the 51st Defense Battalion in the South Pacific during World War II. Discharged after the war, he completed college and entered law school, only to...
View ArticleInterview with Milton Blake
Milton Blake joined the U.S. Navy in 1941. He attended basic training at Bainbridge, Maryland and was assigned to the 107th Seabee Battalion. He completed Seabee training at Camp Perry, Virginia, and...
View ArticleInterview with Aloysius Sebian
Aloysius Michael Sebian was born on 2/8/17 in Painesville, Ohio. He entered the military on 8/4/41to serve in the Air Corps as a specialist in chemical engineering and he also received his wings during...
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