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Jimmie Dyer and the 6th Marine Division was sent to replace the Army's 27th Infantry Division in the south of Okinawa....

[Annotator's Note: he was], Walter Knapps [Annotator's Note: a Marine guard on Ford Island Naval Air Station during...

That same day, Robert Powers [Annotator's Note: Powers asks for the helmet he wore the day he was shot] was on top of...

Some days after eliminating the machine gun position, Romus Burgin and his fellow Marines faced another machine gun...

Jules Desloge Brown [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS PCE(R)-855] participated in the invasion of Okinawa [Annotator's...

Paul Amrod joined the Army because his siblings had set the example, and his love of country obliged him to do his part...

When general quarters were announced, Francis Borrell had to be in his position as fast as possible. He would sit at...

Walter Jacobs thought that the Japanese were not normal people. They were fanatics. They were good at sneaking around...

Joseph L. Harrison went back to a rear base at Guadalcanal [Annotator's Note: after participating in the retaking of...

Harry McKnight was born in Detroit, Michigan in July 1926. He had an older brother. The family moved to Ohio soon...

Melvin Munch was introduced to the Navy in boot camp in San Diego. It was rough. Getting up early each morning to begin...

Melvin C. Whitman and the rest of the artillery [Annotator's Note: Whitman was a member of Battery L, 3rd Battalion,...

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