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Nevin Sledge remembers that everything was secretive. One of the generals was killed by a sniper. A Marine general took...

William J. Twigger joined the remnant of the division [Annotator's Note: he had originally been a member of Company F,...

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

[Annotator's Note: Fergus Van Wart served in the Navy as a coxswain aboard the USS Bergen (APA-150).] Okinawa [...

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

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

Jack Houston had three reasons for enlisting. The first was patriotism. The second was that all of his friends were...

John H. Cole looked up and saw a bomb coming toward him [Annotator's Note: while on Okinawa, Japan]. It tumbled to the...

William Pierce hated the Japanese before landing on Okinawa. Propaganda influenced his animosity. His feelings were...

William Lutz went into a cave on Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg; 1 April...

Thomas Francis Schicker knows there is a lot he has forgotten to tell. They took Kunishi [Annotator's Note: Kunishi...

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

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