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Ellis Whaley's training had been in engineering. He was given a transit and laid out roads and a cemetery. He had some...

During their return to the United States, John Nicholas and the crew of the Gayety [Annotator's Note: USS Gayety (AM-...

Samuel Ukrop experienced a lot of intense training for Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Okinawa, codenamed...

One night, as Richard Jaccarino was sleeping under his poncho, the Japanese counterattack began. Just below their...

[Annotator’s Note: Video skips throughout the segment and the audio does not sync with the video.] Robert C. Hammond Jr...

Richard Witaker recognized that the life expectancy of platoon leaders was not very long on Okinawa. The Japanese would...

Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was sent to...

Earl Conklin joined the 1st Marine Division [Annotator's Note: as a rifle platoon leader in Company A, 1st Battalion,...

Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Keefe took part in close air support of Marine ground troops, primarily on the southern part of...

While on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], Gerry Jones was called over the radio to search for some Japanese...

Kenneth Dwight Wells arrived in the Russell Islands [Annotator's Note: Russell Islands, Solomon Islands] and spent some...

After Orville Bethard was discharged he used his GI Bill benefits to take classes at Compton Junior College for a...

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