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George A. Damiano was ordered to pick up the dead Japanese [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan], but he refused to do...

The trip overseas for Richard Witaker was difficult because so many of his fellow Marines got seasick on the 31 day...

Richard Witaker faced many hardships on Okinawa. Troops suffered from fatigue resulting from tension and lack of sleep...

The first time William J. Twigger took fire from the Japanese was on 18 May [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of...

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

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

During the night the Japanese must have started a push because the ship [Annotators Note: the destroyer USS Evans]...

Carroll George felt extremely safe [Annotator's Note: in his general quarters station in the engine room aboard the USS...

Carl Rieman said if the planes could have carried more ammunition, he could have gotten more enemy kills. The Japanese...

Following the war's conclusion, Claude Taylor sailed aboard LSM-352 [Annotator's Note: LSM stands for Landing Ship,...

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

Deen remembers the fear that was prevalent among the replacements, yet they responded when it was time to fight. He...

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