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Not far from Naha [Annotator's Note: Naha, Okinawa, Japan], Melvin C. Whitman got into a 20 plus hour artillery duel....

Walter Bowsher made two separate cemeteries because he had to bury Russians. [Annotator's Note: Bowsher was assigned to...

The division [Annotator's Note: 31st Infantry Division] was then transferred to the island of Morotai [Annotator's Note...

Irwin Schneider was changed by the war completely. He had led a sheltered life prior to his service. He learned to be a...

When alerts came in for kamikaze attacks, Carroll George had to be in the engineering room [Annotator's Note: aboard...

Oliver Donald Anthony Babbits thinks World War 2 did not change him. He continued to enjoy playing football with his...

To William Lansford, all campaigns had goofy things happen. The first time he went out by himself he had been warned of...

Frank Pryor was well supplied on Iwo Jima. The SeaBees [Annotator's Note: members of US naval construction battalions]...

When Morris Semiatin was discharged [Annotator's Note: in February 1946], he wanted to become a photographer, which he...

Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters and Service Company, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st...

George Peto has doubts about the mental toughness of today's generation and its ability to wage a war as deadly and...

Samuel Goss had no idea that he would become a boat officer. Before he graduated as an ensign [Annotator's Note: lowest...

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