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

Julian Trist Bringier McConnell’s boat [Annotator's Note: McConnell served as an officer aboard patrol torpedo boats,...

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

Richard Witaker had a memorable experience after the campaign for Okinawa was over and the island was declared secured...

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

Thomas Francis Schicker says the Japanese would put cut off heads, penises, testicles and put them on shafts. They...

As a machine gunner, Arnold Addison said he didn't often see the enemy face to face. He remembers firing tracer rounds...

William J. Twigger had a cousin his age. His cousin and his brother had joined the Marine Corps early in the war....

After the attack, Robert Powers continued moving south towards the battalion CP [Annotator's Note: command post]. They...

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

Charles Bruce did not come across any enemy planes or ships out in the open waters [Annotator's Note: while serving...

While approaching Wana Draw on Okinawa, George Peto noticed some movement in the brush off to his left. He realized...

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