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Melvin S. Tanenbaum [Annotator's Note: a radioman aboard the USS Leon (APA-48)] was part of the invasion at Okinawa [...

The Chinese would grab people on the streets and hand them over to the Americans if they were Japanese. George Colburn...

Charles J. Alvarez Sr. was assigned to the USS Guam (CB-2) as a fireman during his service in World War 2. When the...

Adolph William Amundson recalled that by the time he arrived at the island [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], the...

Archie Kelley realized he was a raw ensign [Annotator's Note: lowest rank of commissioned officer in the US Navy and...

Harold Bergbower stayed in the Air Force full time after World War 2. He went to Chanute Field in Illinois and took...

Dale Peterson returned to the United States aboard his cruiser, the USS San Juan (CL-54). She was decommissioned in...

One memorable experience that came to mind for William Beaman was when his submarine, the USS Flasher (SS-249), sank...

Russell Gackenbach was briefed either at 11 or 12 o'clock prior to the mission. [Annotator's Note: The mission being...

In the first days of June [Annotator's Note: June 1942], Donald Hoff and his fellow airmen were getting nervous,...

Fortunately, the boat Michael Mervosh was in did not get hit [Annotator's Note: by Japanese artillery fire during the...

In civilian life, William J. Twigger had a dear friend who became an officer in the Navy. By stroke of luck, he wrote...

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