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While approaching Wana Draw on Okinawa, George Peto noticed some movement in the brush off to his left. He realized...

After 29 days aboard ship, O’Neil Ducharme landed at Guadalcanal [Annotator’s Note: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands]. Upon...

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

Leo William Schmittgens remembered after all the firing ceased [Annotator's Note: after a firefight during the Battle...

Harry McKnight was born in Detroit, Michigan in July 1926. He had an older brother. The family moved to Ohio soon...

Thomas Francis Schicker says the Japanese would put cut off heads, penises, testicles and put them on shafts. They...

William J. Twigger saw very little fighting at Sugar Loaf [Annotator's Note: The Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill, 12 May to...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Houston served in the US Marine Corps as a rifleman in 3rd Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion,...

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

Leo William Schmittgens recalled that one day [Annotator's Note: one day while he was taking part in the Battle of...

Harry McKnight arrived at Sugar Loaf Hill [Annotator's Note: a part of the Japanese defensive line known as the Shuri...

Thomas Francis Schicker and the men [Annotator's Note: of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine...

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