Read Hell in the Pacific: A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu Online
Authors: Jim McEnery,Bill Sloan
Smith, Charlie,
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,
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,
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Smith, Oliver,
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Sniper Alley (Peleliu),
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,
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Snodgrass, Jimmy,
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Somerville, Charles “Slim,”
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Spaulding, Joseph A.,
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sports; McEnery’s interest in,
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–27,
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,
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Spurlock, Lyman,
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–76
SS
America
(ship),
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SS
B.F. Shaw
(ship),
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SS
Manhattan
(ship),
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SS
Sea Runner
(ship),
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–72
Stanley, Thomas “Stumpy,”
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,
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,
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,
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Stassen, Harold,
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–33
Stay, Walter,
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Stuart, Jeb,
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Student, Emil,
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Suicide Creek (Cape Gloucester),
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–60,
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,
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,
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–68,
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Sullivan, Jerry,
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–9
supplies/equipment: Battle of Edson’s Ridge and,
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Goettge patrol and,
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for Guadalcanal,
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–9,
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–14,
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–58,
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,
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Japanese air raids on U.S. ships and,
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–14,
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K/3/5 recon patrol and,
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on Peleliu,
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on Tulugi Island,
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U.S. capture of Japanese,
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,
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World War I leftover,
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surrender story; Goettge patrol and,
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–69
Talasea (Cape Gloucester), Battle of,
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Tanambogo Island,
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tanks: at Cape Gloucester,
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,
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on Ngesebus,
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–42
on Peleliu,
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–10,
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–13,
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–30,
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–61,
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.
See also
amphibious tractors
Tarawa,
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Tenaru River (Guadalcanal): Battle of the,
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,
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–84,
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importance of,
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landing of Marines on Guadalcanal and,
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map of Guadalcanal beachhead and,
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Teskevich, John: Banika assignment of,
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,
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death of,
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–31,
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,
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,
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,
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grave of,
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mustache of,
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–4
on Peleliu,
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,
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–27,
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–29,
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–31
personality of,
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twenty-four month rule and,
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,
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The Old Breed
(McMillan),
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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III Amphibious Corps, U.S.,
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,
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Third Battalion, Eleventh Marine Regiment (3/11),
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Third Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment (3/5): in Afghanistan,
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Battle of Edson’s Ridge and,
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,
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at Cape Gloucester,
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,
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,
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,
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first assignment on Guadalcanal of,
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–6
first night on Guadalcanal of,
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–16
Goettge patrol and,
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Guadalcanal landing of,
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Gustafson as commander of,
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Matanikau River battles and,
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,
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,
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–6,
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,
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,
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at Oro Bay,
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on Peleliu,
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,
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,
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praise for,
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rumors about Japanese capture of women and,
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Savo Island Battle and,
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Third Battalion, First Marine Regiment (3/1),
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,
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,
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Third Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment (3/7),
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–56
Third Marine Division,
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Thomas, Patty,
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321st Regiment,
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st Infantry Division, U.S. Army,
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,
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Tokyo; U.S. bombings of,
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,
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tommy gun: McEnery’s finding and use of,
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–41,
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–43,
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McEnery’s training in use of,
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–42
Torgerson, Harry,
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train trip, McEnery’s San Diego—Brooklyn,
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–80
Tregaskis, Richard,
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trench foot,
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Truman, Harry,
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Tunney, Gene,
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Turner, Richmond K.,
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–54,
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–56
Tweedie, Dick,
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twenty-four month rule,
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,
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Umurbrogol Plateau (Peleliu),
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–18,
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,
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–37,
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–66,
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USS
Astoria
(ship),
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USS
Atlanta
(ship),
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USS
Balduck
(ship),
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USS
Chicago
(ship),
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USS
Colhoun,
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USS
Columbus
(ship);
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USS
Denver
(ship);
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USS
Enterprise
(ship),
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USS
George Elliott
(ship),
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USS
Jarvis
(ship),
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USS
Juneau
(ship),
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USS
McCauley
(ship),
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USS
Mississippi
(ship);
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USS
Missouri
(ship),
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USS
North Carolina
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USS
O’Brien
(ship),
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USS
Patterson
(ship),
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USS
President Jackson
(ship),
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USS
Quincy
(ship),
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USS
Ralph Talbot
(ship),
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USS
San Francisco
(ship),
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USS
Vincennes
(ship),
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USS
West Point
(ship),
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USS
Zeilin
(ship),
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Van Trump, Richard,
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Vandegrift, Alexander A.: Battle of Tenaru River and,
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Bushido fighting and,
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as commander of First Marine Division,
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–45
commendation for Marine fliers by,
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Edson’s Raiders and,
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First Marine Division in Australia and,
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and importance of Guadalcanal campaign,
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landing on Guadalcanal and,
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and Marines at Japanese surrender on USS
Missouri,
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Matanikau River battles and,
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,
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orders relief of Fifth Marine Division,
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Rupertus takes over command of First Marine Division from,
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Savo Island battle and,
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trip to Guadalcanal of,
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–45
turns over Guadalcanal command to Patch,
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Vets Helping Vets,
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Walt, Lewis W. “Silent Lew,”
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Walt’s Ridge (Cape Gloucester),
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,
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Walt’s Ridge (Peleliu),
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“Waltzing Matilda” (song),
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“washing-machine Charlie,”
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,
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water.
See
food/water
Wellington, New Zealand; Fifth Marines in training at,
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Whittier, Hank,
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Williams, Charles,
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Wilson, Dean,
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With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa
(Sledge),
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,
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women; rumor about Japanese capture of,
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–63
World War I: aerial combat in,
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,
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Fifth Marines in,
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K/3/5 in,
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leftover equipment from,
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MacArthur’s comments about Marines in,
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Rickenbacker record in,
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World War II: beginning of,
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–34
most tragic day for K/3/5,
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–64.
See also specific topic
Young & Jackson’s Pub (Australia),
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–42
Zimmerman, John,
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