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Joe Morris and his unit [Annotator's Note: 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were part of the...

Frank Campisano was told he would be invading an island and boarded a ship the Monday before Easter [Annotator's Note:...

Kenneth Theis [Annotator’s Note: Supply and Disbursement Officer aboard the USS Manlove (DE-36)] was part of a giant...

Walter Amoss was 17 years of age when the war started. Like his fellow students, he wanted to join the military and go...

Aboard ship, the head [Annotator's Note: naval slang for toilet or bathroom] was full. Nobody showed any fear...

On the way to Okinawa, Joe Clapper answered a call on the ship's horn for all those wounded on Peleliu to appear...

Arthur Jackson's first contact with the enemy on Okinawa was during a patrol. He volunteered for everything. He was...

On one patrol, Melvin C. Whitman shot a big rat off a fence. The shot scared a hiding Japanese soldier and one of...

Harry McKnight arrived at Sugar Loaf Hill [Annotator's Note: a part of the Japanese defensive line known as the Shuri...

Following the Battle of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg; 1 April to 22...

Arthur Joseph Arceneaux Junior arrived after the field [Annotator's Note: Yontan Airfield (Japanese name Kita Airfield...

Shortly before his 19th birthday, Frank Pantuso met Sergeant Tatonetti [Annotator's Note: no given name provided] and...

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