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After the big battle [Annotator's Note: Battle of Surigao Strait, 24 to 25 October 1944 in Surigao Strait, Philippines...

Thomas Lusco Sr. remembers that at night, there were dogfights between the P-51s [Annotator's Note: North American P-51...

Walter Amoss was interested in Naval aviation but never had much interest in serving in other branches. He passed the...

Allen Lamm was concerned for his safety on Okinawa. He did not realize that the splatters in the water were coming from...

On the USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), Pete Brock saw combat in the late stages of the Okinawa campaign [Annotator’s...

Socrates Dendrinelis remembers the kamikazes [Annotator's Note: Japanese suicide bombers] hitting the ships. It made a...

When David Thomason was at Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, 1 April to 22...

Charles Bruce did not come across any enemy planes or ships out in the open waters [Annotator's Note: while serving...

Paul Harless was assigned to the USS John Rodgers (DD-574) as a boatswain’s mate second class. One of the last...

When the war ended, Wallace McKay was sent to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan], where he worked in a beach...

Emil Kesselman went through boot camp in Samson, New York [Annotator’s Note: after enlisting in the US Navy in November...

Stewart Bass was excited and nervous to fly his first combat mission. He soon calmed down, followed his training and...

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