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Collie, C. Okinawa, the USS Laffey (DD-724) and Kamikazes
C. Charles Collie was at Okinawa which was the last big campaign of the war. It lasted longer than any of the other campaigns except Guadalcanal.
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Collie, C. Postwar
Two days after the surrender [Annotator's Note: the formal Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945], C.
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Collie, C. Reflections
C. Charles Collie remembers the typhoon of 18 and 19 December 1944 as being his most memorable experience in World War 2.
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Collie, C. Sea Duty Aboard USS Blue (DD-744)
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Collie, C. War's End
C. Charles Collie heard on 6 August [Annotator's Note: 1945] that the atomic bomb had been used on Hiroshima.
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Colquitt, James Early Life
James Roy Colquitt was born in September 1926 in Needmore, Alabama. He was one of nine children.
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Colquitt, James Navy Training and Deployment
James Roy Colquitt had his Navy boot camp training at San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California].
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Colquitt, James Okinawa then End of War
James Roy Colquitt unloaded troops on the beach as the tide went out stranding his ship [Annotator’s Note: Colquitt was a crewman aboard LST-1103 w
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Colquitt, James Postwar and Reflections
James Roy Colquitt returned to his home in Alabama after his discharge. He did not have a problem adjusting to civilian life.
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Colson, Earl Closing Thoughts
It is tough for Earl Colson to remember things from so long ago.
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Colson, Earl From France to the Philippines
Earl Colson landed in Le Havre, France [Annotator's Note: with the 86th Infantry Division].
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Colson, Earl Preparing to Invade Japan
Earl Colson [Annotator's Note: with the 86th Infantry Division] did not have more than skirmishes in the Philippines with the Philippine gueri