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Following the battle of Okinawa, Richard Witaker learned more about Japanese strategies and preparations for the Marine...

Bill Jenkins saved Deen's life on the first day [Annotators Note: Peleliu, 15 September 1944]. The men were busy...

[Annotator's Note: Dale LeBlanc served in the USMC as a runner in the 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division. He...

604.Photograph 'File Number: 323100 Released: July 19, 1945 In New Hands An air view, looking Southwest, of Yontan...

Gerry Jones recalls that the Japanese would push the Okinawan [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] natives through the...

William J. Twigger joined the remnant of the division [Annotator's Note: he had originally been a member of Company F,...

William Pierce had steak and eggs before boarding the Higgins Boat [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel...

Richard Witaker landed on Red Beach 2 on Easter Sunday, April Fool's day of 1945 [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945]. The...

On 11 June 1945, Kenneth Dwight Wells and his company [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled the first day on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945], his regiment [Annotator's...

Richard Witaker experienced much the same climate on Okinawa as he knew at home. There were pine trees and cultivated...

Asked to describe the fighting in which he participated, Earl Conklin referred to his position with the mortars. The...

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