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Photograph. Small groups of United States Marines gathering on a beach; a lone Marine is standing by an American flag...

Photograph, aerial. View of the muddy, crater-covered terrain of Okinawa. Official Caption: "Rome, 7/16/45--Okinawa...

Photograph. American servicemen walking on a road by a beach; other servicemen are moving military vehicles on the...

Photograph. U.S. soldiers are seen on a beach in the foreground as a large explosion dominates the horizon. Official...

[Annotator's Note: Romus Valtin Burgin served in the United States Marine Corps as a mortar section leader in Company K...

Martha Tolles went to Florida in June [Annotator’s Note: of 1944] with her husband. They got a month off and went back...

Harry Walker Wellford attended the Navy V-12 program [Annotator’s Note: V-12 US Navy College Training Program, 1943 to...

Nevin Sledge admired the SeaBees [Annotator's Note: Members of US naval construction battalions]. They did everything...

Patrick Russell remained at Okinawa until June 1945. His carrier [Annotator's Note: USS Tulagi (CVE-72)] sailed to Guam...

[Annotator's Note: Walter Jacobs served in the Army as a squad leader in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 306th Infantry...

Life on the ship was boring. Raymond A. Reed was on 15 different ships in 35 different countries. He was a lucky Seabee...

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

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