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Richard Witaker distrusted both civilians and soldiers on the Japanese held island of Okinawa. He once had to remove a...

When Mack was going into Okinawa in the Higgins boat, he claims he had a vision. It was a vision of his mother. His...

Martin Sherbecoe recalled a couple of incidents from PT boat [Annotator's Note: patrol torpedo boat] school. One...

In March or April [Annotator's Note: March or April 1944], Donald Draxler returned to Schofield Barracks [Annotator's...

[Annotator's Note: James Billingsley went ashore on Luzon, Philippines, on 31 January 1945.] Billingsley made his way...

From basic training, Aaron Baumgarten was sent to Great Falls, Montana which, at the time, was one of the headquarters...

Vaughn Whitworth, like most segregated Marines, was in a Depot Company [Annotator's Note: 19th Depot Company, 7th Field...

Richard O'Hara had one brother three and a half years older than him who went in the Marines earlier than O'Hara. He...

On 12 October [Annotator's Note: 12 October 1944], Benjamin Clark Amsden [Annotator's Note: a pilot with Fighting...

In July 1946, Paul Ignatius was separated from the Navy with the rank of lieutenant in Los Angeles [Annotator’s Note:...

Charles Chartier was born in Applegate, Michigan in February 1927. He had one brother and one sister. He was the...

On the evening of 3 February 1945, Thomas Crosby had gone to get hot water for his room monitor to drink a cup of hot...

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