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

Paul J. Murphy [Annotator’s Note: a fire controlman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] sailed to San Francisco [...

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

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

Connick and the USS Lander [Annotator's Note: APA-178] brought supplies to Naha Beach on Okinawa. At one point they...

Rollins Rosenzweig continued to fly missions over Okinawa after the attack on the Japanese battleship Yamato. Missions...

After the war ended with Japan [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945], Walter Guyote made a few trips to Japan [Annotator’s...

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