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As the Japanese aircraft came in, they [Annotator's Note: the Navy] would fire antiaircraft at them [Annotator's Note:...

Coleen Landry's sisters were worried about their husbands who were at war. One sister had lived in Galveston, Texas for...

Robert W. "RW" Pratt, [Annotator's Note: assigned as the gunnery officer aboard the USS LST-781] was a witness to the...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled that one day [Annotator's Note: one day while he was taking part in the Battle of...

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

Claude Clifton Cuniff, Junior was assigned to the USS General G.O. Squier (AP-130) out of San Francisco [Annotator's...

Frank Pantuso's outfit [Annotator's Note: 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division] was assigned to support...

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

George Peto served in the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He spent 32 months overseas and...

Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BAR man, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion,...

While Vernon Henry Moret was on a ship headed to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] with his unit [Annotator's...

Melvin Munch stopped at Guam en route to Okinawa. He was concerned about the requirements of going into a war zone. He...

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