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When the Marines were about half way down Okinawa the Japanese got around behind them. Robert Akins and some of his...

William Hill was assigned to the USS Bonefish (SS-223) in the role of the quartermaster. After a very successful first...

Edgar Cole went to communications school and finished at the head of his class. He was automatically assigned to...

Chester Hollingsworth was born on a farm in October 1917 near Greenville, Texas. He had two brothers and two sisters....

Merrill was returning from a search mission just as the Doolittle Raiders were taking off from the Hornet [Annotator's...

Asked what he thought of the Philippine people, Theodore Pavlovich said he made friends wherever he went, and found...

Jack Yusen grew up in Queens, New York where he lived with his parents, brother and grandmother and was living there...

James Warren David remarked how he missed eating fresh eggs, roast beef, gravy, seafood, and cous-cous, and other Cajun...

Crumps dad was making 90 cents an hour. A dime was a big difference in those days. Gasoline was 10 cents a gallon and a...

Ray Dennis Irby was born in November 1924 in Meridian, Mississippi. He had four brothers and two sisters. He was the...

[Annotator's Note: Everett Hyland was hospitalized after being wounded on the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) during the...

Clayton Hall was at Camp Pendleton [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, California...

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