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

The battle ended on June 21st [Annotators Note: On Okinawa in 1945]. The Sixth Marine Division went on to China. Mack...

William Pierce had good duty for the six or seven months that he was in China [Annotator's Note: serving occupation...

[Annotator's Note: Arthur Jackson served in the US Marine Corps as an automatic rifleman in Company I, 3rd Battalion,...

Bailey and the Marines got there [Annotator's Note: Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa] on the 11th [Annotator's Note: 11 June 1945...

Jimmie Dyer entered the service in March 1944 after making a deal with his mother to finish high school. He was sworn...

William Pierce never fired a rifle until he was in the Marine Corps. He became a marksman and then an expert rifleman....

When Mack was going into Okinawa in the Higgins boat, he claims he had a vision. It was a vision of his mother. His...

Richard Witaker faced many hardships on Okinawa. Troops suffered from fatigue resulting from tension and lack of sleep...

Deen remembers the fear that was prevalent among the replacements, yet they responded when it was time to fight. He...

On Kunishi Ridge on 15 June [Annotators Note: 15 June 1945, Okinawa] Bailey and several other Marines went along the...

One night the men were on a 100 percent alert. Robert Akins was manning the 37mm antitank gun. Around two in the...

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