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Richard H. Kerr's most memorable experience is when a kamikaze [Annotator's Note: Japanese Special Attack Units, also...

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...

Melvin C. Whitman had to figure out how to work with the Army when he landed on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of...

Ellis Whaley is not sure about the timing, but either before he went to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Okinawa,...

Merle Jerome "Jerry" Pettis was on the Diligence [Annotator's Note: USS Diligence (WSC-135)] doing target practice with...

William Pierce hated the Japanese before landing on Okinawa. Propaganda influenced his animosity. His feelings were...

Harvey Mittleman's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the heavy combat during the first few days on Okinawa [...

James D. Comeaux’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was watching the massacre of U.S. troops on Okinawa [...

The kamikazes were day and night [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of Okinawa, code-named Operation Iceberg, 1 April...

Ellis Whaley's most memorable experience from World War 2 would have to be Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Battle of Okinawa...

Socrates Dendrinelis did not date in high school. He was the president of his class. He went out with the vice-...

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