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

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

While on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Okinawa, 1 April to 22 June 1945; Okinawa, Japan], Kenneth...

William Pierce remembers a buddy being wounded on Okinawa. It was the same buddy who had fired a shot erroneously and...

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...

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

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...

After joining the Navy, David Eugene Turnbull was sent to Great Lakes Training Center [Annotator’s Note: Chicago,...

Thomas Kolesa was told to clean up his area and get everything ship shape. General MacArthur [Annotator's Note: General...

Joseph LaNier had a close call on Okinawa while driving a truck. The LST [Annotator’s Note: LST—landing ship, tank] was...

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