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Butch O'Hare [Annotator's Note: Edward Henry Butch OHare] really invented the Thatch Weave and Thatch's name was...

James Gaffney felt the Okinawan civilians were glad to see the Americans. They hung around the camp all the time. They...

George Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) participated in the shelling of Shuri Castle during the Battle of...

Alvin Barnes was drafted into the military and was able to select the Navy as his service branch. He grew up during the...

Frank V. Tarkington [Annotator's Note: a radioman in the US Navy] was at Oceanside, California which is across from...

Louis Conter saw the Second World War as an unconditional victory. Today's world is different. We should try to knock...

At the same time Rochford was getting relieved, Captain Goggin was replacing him and was on the way to take over. There...

Harry Walker Wellford [Annotator's Note: while serving as the radar officer aboard the USS Harrison (DD-573)] remembers...

Jules Desloge Brown [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS PCE(R)-855] participated in the invasion of Okinawa [Annotator's...

James Ramage started his career in the US Navy aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The non-aviators in the Navy at the...

Joseph Earl "Joe" Samrow did not see any combat [Annotator's Note: during World War 2] like his brothers did, so he...

The survivors hiked down the mountain to an enormous canoe that had paddlers down both sides with space in the middle....

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