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Melvin Munch would have been part of the invasion force for assaulting the Japanese home islands. The atomic bombs kept...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot with Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in the...

The first time William J. Twigger took fire from the Japanese was on 18 May [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of...

Richard Witaker faced many hardships on Okinawa. Troops suffered from fatigue resulting from tension and lack of sleep...

Monroe Scherer was shipped from Saipan to Guam [Annotator's Note: both in the Mariana Islands] for a few days before...

Following the Battle of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg; 1 April to 22...

George A. Damiano recalled the rainy weather while on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], and that it was hard...

Gil Gertner was born in March 1925 and lived in New York City [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York]. He entered...

When Charles Stix went into Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] on a Higgins boat [Annotator's Note: Landing...

Once Utah Beach was secured, Jack Gutman returned to England with the evacuees, and wound up in the officers' ward. His...

[Annotator's Note: Marvin Tyson served in the Navy aboard the USS LSM-270, the lead landing ship, for the invasion of...

Thomas Lusco Sr. had a difficult time returning home. He would shake in bed at night. He slept in a different bed from...

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