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Harry McMahon

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The Japanese were at the top of a cliff with machine guns and mortars and a group of Marines were trapped directly below them in the sugarcane. If they moved, heavy fire would rain down. The decision was made to send a jeep with water and ammunition through the gauntlet. Harry McMahon's friend was chosen to drive and he volunteered to ride shotgun. It was a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the mortar rounds. (9:18)

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After ten days of chasing stragglers on Saipan, the Marines were told there's no trucks, we're walking back. Harry McMahon recalls that they were marched through the grounds of a new Army hospital and some soldiers gathered and wondered who they were. (5:30)

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After an extended stay on Saipan and Tinian, Harry McMahon was now waiting on a troop ship in the giant flotilla off Okinawa. His Marine unit was being held in reserve but that calm was shattered when the kamikaze attacks began. (5:30)

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Their sister battalions had just made the assault on Okinawa so it was their turn. And the only landing left would be Japan. Harry McMahon and his buddies never had to make that landing but they did have occupation duty in Nagasaki. (4:41)

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It was the best thing ever. Harry McMahon was in the 2nd Marine Division but some of the men returning on the ship were from the 5th Division, the heroes of Iwo Jima. That meant the press reports in San Diego were that the Iwo Marines were returning home. That meant that every female in southern California was waiting to meet him. (4:39)

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After facing them in battle, Harry McMahon did not feel like he was even killing other humans. They seemed completely different from what he was used to. But when he was told to execute a Japanese prisoner his unit was holding, he had to stop and think about it. (Caution: strong language) (3:20)

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If it was artificial, the Marines were probably eating it. Harry McMahon was in charge of the commissary and he remembers the dreary chow they had in the Pacific. But, sometimes, you could schmooze sailors and get loaded down with treats from the hold, like ice cream. (Caution: strong language) (3:48)

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It was eerie when Tokyo Rose told you where you were and what unit you were in. Harry McMahon says he and his fellow Marines grew to hate her. After the war, when he was on occupation duty, he toured the A-Bomb site in Nagasaki. It's safe, he was told. (4:12)

Harry Mickelboro

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Mr. Mickelboro describes his first assignment as a Junior Officer and having to sort through the corpses of fallen Marines. (2:00)

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Mr. Mickelboro discusses his objectives while serving in Japan and describes the aftermath of the atomic bombs. (4:32)