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[Annotator's Note: Jack Houston served in the US Marine Corps as a rifleman in 3rd Platoon, Company G, 2nd Battalion,...

Lloyd Guillory made one flight against Rabaul. Rabaul was a Japanese airfield that was a very hot spot. It was bypassed...

The B-29s carrying the second atomic bomb were overhead circling Yawata. The crew of the B-29 carrying the bomb was...

After Arthur Jackson got back to the United States [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Battle of Okinawa...

Dale LeBlanc had been through Naha many times as a runner. Every time he went through there snipers would shoot at him...

After Okinawa, John Nicholas and the USS Gayety [Annotator's Note: USS Gayety (AM-239)] were sent to sweep for mines in...

Jack Thornhill and the interviewer have just been reminiscing. He can remember things that happened to him when he was...

Edward Bale began training for the invasion of Japan after the end of the combat on Okinawa. He knew what to expect of...

The Marines knew they would be getting into a yellow jacket's nest if they had to invade Japan. When the war ended,...

From China, the USS Balduck (ADP-132) took Donald Dean and the rest of the crew back to Okinawa, then to Hawaii,...

James Gaffney was once allowed to buy a case of beer after an announcement that there was an excess supply. Each sailor...

Representatives from each camp were taken to Okinawa for a meeting to determine the best way to get the American...

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