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Thomas Francis Schicker heard that they changed course four different times [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS General...

Bailey feels that war should be over with. His division fought the Chinese in North Korea. Young men are fighting today...

William Pierce recounts an instance of Japanese night time infiltration [Annotator's Note: during combat operations on...

Leo William Schmittgens waited sometime before his ship had arrived for them to leave Okinawa. He helped load the ship...

Traveling back to the United States, Joe Clapper said they had a mixed complement aboard ship; there were many Navy...

Among his fellow officers, Earl Conklin thought there were a couple who were marvelous fellows and he has kept in touch...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot in Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in combat...

Leo William Schmittgens was finally able to return home [Annotator's Note: after seven months of occupation duty in...

Jack Skaggs could tell the end of the war was coming by April 1945 when the 7th Fleet wiped out the shipyard in Osaka....

George Peto had a unique experience there [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa] one time while watching kamikazes hitting...

After Arthur Jackson got back to the United States [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Battle of Okinawa...

Robert Akins oversaw some work details [Annotator's Note: overseeing Japanese soldiers in China after the war ended and...

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