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When Mack was going into Okinawa in the Higgins boat, he claims he had a vision. It was a vision of his mother. His...

Robert Powers enjoyed World War 2 more than the Korean War. He had a reason to go in the first war and he enjoyed the...

Charles Watkins Adair [Annotator's Note: with the 2nd Combat Cargo Group, 5th Air Force] had a close call at Nichols...

While approaching Wana Draw on Okinawa, George Peto noticed some movement in the brush off to his left. He realized...

Richard Bennett mentioned that one incident stands out as a proud moment. Out of the 15 PT boats in the squadron [...

They got into the base and they stayed and ate. The next morning, they put them on a C-47. There was 2 or 3 other ex-...

Dupuy and his flight were coming back from Kyushu [Annotators Note: Japanese main island]. One of their pilots had...

William Pierce never fired a rifle until he was in the Marine Corps. He became a marksman and then an expert rifleman....

Paul J. Murphy [Annotator’s Note: a fire controlman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] sailed to San Francisco [...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot with Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in the...

George A. Damiano recalls that the local population [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan] was happy to have the...

William Pierce recounts an instance of Japanese night time infiltration [Annotator's Note: during combat operations on...

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