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Martin Banyas sailed all the islands [Annotator's Note: a Marine gunner on USS Santa Fe (CL-60)] including Saipan [...

Jimmie F. Dyer was born and raised on a farm in Castro County, Texas in April 1926. His dad was a farmer and there were...

Henry Quinton Pike [Annotator's Note: An announcement interrupts interview from 0:00:19.000 to 0:00:36.000] was born in...

Charles Womack and every other Marine on the island were fully aware that they were headed for Japan after the fighting...

Calvin B. Moore was born in December 1923 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was...

Daniel J. Lawler was born in 1925 in Glens Falls [Annotator's Note: Glens Falls, New York]. His father worked in the...

Richard Witaker felt hatred for the Japanese before the assault of Okinawa. The feelings had begun with the surprise...

Raymond Loidolt was born in 1924 on a farm east of Pierz, Minnesota. The farm kept the six of them busy. He went to...

Leisey was born in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania May 10th, 1923. He moved to Honey Brook, Pennsylvania where he ended up...

Louis Burg [Annotator's Note: a second lieutenant in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine...

Salvatore Famularo was sent home on a C-54 [Annotator's Note: Douglas C-54 Skymaster cargo aircraft]. There were no...

Beverly Coleman Oates Rougas was relieved when the war ended. Everyone felt safe and happy. Rougas thinks it is...

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