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

George A. Damiano recalls an incident where his comrade, Blacky [Annotator's Note: unable to verify identity], was hit...

After Orville Bethard was discharged he used his GI Bill benefits to take classes at Compton Junior College for a...

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

Fred Wesighan and his unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters Company, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division]...

Allen Lamm was concerned for his safety on Okinawa. He did not realize that the splatters in the water were coming from...

[Annotator’s Note: Video skips throughout the segment and the audio does not sync with the video.] Robert C. Hammond Jr...

Philip Mayer was a sergeant [Annotator's Note: in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division]...

Following the battle of Okinawa, Richard Witaker learned more about Japanese strategies and preparations for the Marine...

Harvey Mittleman's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the heavy combat during the first few days on Okinawa [...

Introduced to Okinawa through a rubberized topographical map, Richard Jaccarino could see where they would be landing,...

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

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