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Murphy Burke had been gone for two years when he got his first leave in April 1945. While overseas he had stayed in...

From China, the USS Balduck (ADP-132) took Donald Dean and the rest of the crew back to Okinawa, then to Hawaii,...

Jack Thornhill and the interviewer have just been reminiscing. He can remember things that happened to him when he was...

[Annotator's Note: Stanley Richard Williams served in the Navy aboard the mortar ship USS LCI(M)-352 as a signalman and...

John Caraway's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bridge (AF-1)] was anchored in the harbor at Okinawa when he heard about the...

Allen Horton was called back to Navy headquarters in New York to pick up a Silver Star. The citation was for his work...

James Gaffney was once allowed to buy a case of beer after an announcement that there was an excess supply. Each sailor...

Kerama Retto [Annotator's Note: Kerama Islands off of Okinawa] was used as a staging area for the destroyers going out...

David Harvey engaged kamikazes at Okinawa, Tokyo, and Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Japan]. The skipper [Annotator's Note...

James Gaffney discusses transition back into civilian life and his home life with two new children following his return...

Dale Peterson's battlestation on the USS San Juan (CL-54) was a five inch 38 caliber gun mount that had a seven man...

[Annotator's Note: This segment begins with someone off camera talking about Orville Bethard seeing kamikaze aircraft...

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