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[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...

Burton Johnson was born in Providence, Rhode Island in May 1920. His parents delivered groceries to families even...

Keith Renstrom notes that one of the hardest things for a Marine, or anybody, is to see your first American blood [...

Paul J. Frisco enlisted in the Navy because of his father's service during World War 1 and because of the Navy's...

Robert Powers went ashore unopposed at Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]. He was in a foxhole with his buddy...

Robert G. Aldous flew from Canton Island [Annotator's Note: Canton Island, Phoenix Islands, Republic of Kiribati] to...

[Annotator's Note: Orville Bethard served in the Navy as an Electrician’s Mate aboard USS Midway (CVE-63), renamed USS...

Richard Witaker spent six months in China with the 6th Marine Division after the war. He returned to the United States...

Jackson Augustus "Jack" Ashton, Senior served at many bases during the war [Annotator's Note: as a member of (MTB RON...

Edgar Eugene “Gene” Fricker was a crewman on an LCVP [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel or LCVP; also...

There was a small passageway that went all the way up the side of the ship to the front of the ship. It was lined with...

Not far from Naha [Annotator's Note: Naha, Okinawa, Japan], Melvin C. Whitman got into a 20 plus hour artillery duel....

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