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Melvin C. Whitman and the rest of the artillery [Annotator's Note: Whitman was a member of Battery L, 3rd Battalion,...

[Annotator's Note: he was], Walter Knapps [Annotator's Note: a Marine guard on Ford Island Naval Air Station during...

[Annotator's Note: Dale LeBlanc served in the USMC as a runner in the 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division. He...

Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BARman, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th...

William Pierce had steak and eggs before boarding the Higgins Boat [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel...

Landing on 1 April [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945], Joe Clapper's platoon went into Okinawa right below Kadena, with...

Thomas Kolesa was told to clean up his area and get everything ship shape. General MacArthur [Annotator's Note: General...

Philip Mayer had been in the Pacific for 30 months and was in the assault wave on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa,...

William J. Twigger had a cousin his age. His cousin and his brother had joined the Marine Corps early in the war....

Dale LeBlanc had been through Naha many times as a runner. Every time he went through there snipers would shoot at him...

Harry Bender was discharged from the Marine Corps in June 1946. His friend, William "Bill" Laden [Annotator's Note: US...

William Pierce recounts an instance of Japanese night time infiltration [Annotator's Note: during combat operations on...

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