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[Annotator's Note: Jack Houston served in the US Marine Corps as a rifleman in 3rd Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion,...

[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...

William Pierce recounts an instance of Japanese night time infiltration [Annotator's Note: during combat operations on...

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...

Nevin Sledge remembers that everything was secretive. One of the generals was killed by a sniper. A Marine general took...

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

Clifford Albert Hahn was destined for Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]. He knew very little about the overall...

Marvin Tyson was born in July 1925 the Bronx, New York City, New York [Annotator's Note: the Bronx is one of the five...

Charles Womack saw many civilians on Okinawa. The civilians would bow as the Marines passed by them. Womack's unit [...

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