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Gerry Jones recalls that the Japanese would push the Okinawan [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] natives through the...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled the first day on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945], his regiment [Annotator's...

Returning to the Pacific on the USS Brown (DD-546), John Cassidy participated in the invasion of Okinawa. He was there...

Richard Witaker experienced much the same climate on Okinawa as he knew at home. There were pine trees and cultivated...

Paul Amrod joined the Army because his siblings had set the example, and his love of country obliged him to do his part...

Asked to describe the fighting in which he participated, Earl Conklin referred to his position with the mortars. The...

William Pierce had steak and eggs before boarding the Higgins Boat [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel...

William J. Twigger joined the remnant of the division [Annotator's Note: he had originally been a member of Company F,...

[Annotator's Note: Walter Jacobs served in the Army as a squad leader in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 306th Infantry...

Allen Horton was commissioned out of midshipmen's school in Chicago, Illinois, and proceeded to Scouts and Raiders...

A typical day for John Caraway consisted of reading and distributing daily dispatches, and receiving and sending coded...

James Gaffney never spotted any Japanese while patrolling Bougainville. They did observe and report a bright light on...

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