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

Photograph. U.S. Navy LSM(R)s 196, 190, and 199 fire salvos of rockets in support of U.S. landings on Okinawa. Official...

Photograph. Two soldiers from the 96th Infantry Division firing a 37 mm Gun M3 towards Japanese forces from behind a...

Photograph. Rows of wooden cross grave markers behind a fence in the 96th Infantry Division cemetery. Official caption...

Harold C. Cook entered the Navy shortly after Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,...

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

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

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

With the 184th Regiment [Annotator's Note: 184th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division] on the line at Hill 178,...

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: Romus Valtin Burgin served in the United States Marine Corps as a mortar section leader in Company K...

Returning to his prewar life, Holly Rees remembered when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...

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