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Ellis Whaley does not remember where he had basic training. He was sent to California for special training. It was a...

Melvin Munch was part of the invasion of Okinawa when it commenced on Easter Sunday in April 1945. He rode a landing...

Peter "Pete" Behr [Annotator's Note: with Company B, 1st Battalion, 383rd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division]...

Richard Witaker was awarded the Purple Heart for being wounded on Okinawa. He was leaving Sugar Loaf Hill when a buddy...

Richard Jaccarino and his platoon [Annotator's Note: 2nd Platoon, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th...

Joe G. Casillas had his baptism of fire right on the escarpment [Annotator's Note: after landing on Okinawa, Japan, 10...

Asked how he got a Japanese flag, Holly Rees said that nearly every enemy soldier carried one folded up on top of the...

Edward Riedl shipped out around April 1944. They stopped on Eniwetok [Annotator's Note: Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall...

Gerry Jones recalls that the Japanese would push the Okinawan [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] natives through the...

Okinawa is something of a blur in Romus Burgin's mind. Unlike New Britain and Peleliu, battles from which he can...

Paul Amrod arrived on the southern beaches of Okinawa to aggressive Japanese artillery fire. There was still heavy...

Ervin Lloyd Rasmussen was in Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines aboard the USS Butte (APA-68)]...

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