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Edward Bale went to Okinawa at the beginning of the assault as part of a deception force that did not land. The 2nd...

Melvin C. Whitman had to figure out how to work with the Army when he landed on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

[Annotator's Note: The interview opens with Thomas Francis Schicker already in conversation with the interviewer.] When...

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

Louis R. Lepore did not take part in the practice invasions at Maui [Annotator's Note: Maui, Hawaii] before going to...

Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. and the rest of the captured Wake Marines [Annotator's Note: US Marines who were captured when...

Lester Hecht's wife [Annotator's Note: Lillian] did not mind moving back in with her parents, when Hecht went to war....

George Peto has kept numerous photographs and documents from and regarding the war and shared them with interviewer....

Frank Campisano was told he would be in the first wave for the invasion of Japan. He departed for his old camp on...

Wicker was born in Scotlandville, Louisiana in 1923. He had a good life growing up, his father worked for the railroad...

Norman Hatch [Annotator's Note: a photographer in the US Marine Corps] shows the footage of "Marines at Tarawa" [...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee has difficulty speaking at times throughout this segment.] After a long wait, Rawley R....

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