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Frank Pomroy | 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division - Marines

5:35   |   Boot camp was compressed early in the war to get Marines ready for fighting. Frank Pomroy recalls how the drill sergeant was tough as nails but bought them beer after the graduation.Then he was off to Camp Lejeune, which was being built as the men trained. A long train ride to California gave many of the young Marines their first sight of the West. (First interview)

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