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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,...

Harvey Mittleman's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the heavy combat during the first few days on Okinawa [...

With the 184th Regiment [Annotator's Note: 184th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division] on the line at Hill 178,...

William Pierce had steak and eggs before boarding the Higgins Boat [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel...

William J. Twigger saw very little fighting at Sugar Loaf [Annotator's Note: The Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill, 12 May to...

Returning to his prewar life, Holly Rees remembered when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...

When Edmund Aziz was assigned to a ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Reeves (DE-156), later converted to attack transport (...

George A. Damiano recalls when the Marines accidently fired on his unit [Annotator's Note: Company G, 2nd Battalion,...

George A. Damiano recalls that the local population [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan] was happy to have the...

Garland Virgil Longhoffer arrived at Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] on the night of 26 April 1945. He was...

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

Ellis Whaley does not remember where he had basic training. He was sent to California for special training. It was a...

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