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American infantrymen walk across a field toward hills and a distant plume of smoke. Okinawa (probably), 1945.

Landing crafts LCT-1415, LCT-1179 (probably), LCT-1265, and LCT-1049 unload supplies on Yellow Beach while USS LSM-220...

View from the USS Rutland to the USS Bladen after the attack on Okinawa in April 1945; probably in the Ryukyu Islands...

Richard Witaker recognized that the life expectancy of platoon leaders was not very long on Okinawa. The Japanese would...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot with Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in the...

Monroe Scherer was shipped from Saipan to Guam [Annotator's Note: both in the Mariana Islands] for a few days before...

George A. Damiano recalled the rainy weather while on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], and that it was hard...

[Annotator's Note: Orville Bethard served as an Electrician’s Mate aboard the USS St. Lo (CVE-63) which was sunk during...

During their return to the United States, John Nicholas and the crew of the Gayety [Annotator's Note: USS Gayety (AM-...

Richard Witaker experienced much the same climate on Okinawa as he knew at home. There were pine trees and cultivated...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Robert J. Ferris to talk about the photo album that he has with him. He points...

On the troop ship out of Pearl Harbor, Holly Rees said there was little to do, and the soldiers played cards and got...

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