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

After the attack, Robert Powers continued moving south towards the battalion CP [Annotator's Note: command post]. They...

When he was on the front line, Kenneth Dwight Wells saw people, Japanese soldiers and Okinawan civilians alike, as a...

Samuel Ukrop experienced a lot of intense training for Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Okinawa, codenamed...

Arthur Jackson's first contact with the enemy on Okinawa was during a patrol. He volunteered for everything. He was...

Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Keefe took part in close air support of Marine ground troops, primarily on the southern part of...

Jack Houston and a buddy who had been cut by a bayonet stayed in their hole for a while. Houston had a buddy named Joe...

Richard Witaker heard about the war ending in Europe and was grateful. More supplies would be coming to the Pacific. In...

Earl Conklin joined the 1st Marine Division [Annotator's Note: as a rifle platoon leader in Company A, 1st Battalion,...

While on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Okinawa, 1 April to 22 June 1945; Okinawa, Japan], Kenneth...

Samuel Ukrop was at Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands] with John Cleveland [Annotator's Note...

When Charles Womack and the other Marines in his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company M, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine...

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