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Bailey had been walking around the ship [Annotator's Note: the ship that was taking him to the invasion of Okinawa]. He...

During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Paul J. Frisco and the USS Cushing (DD-797) were part of Task Group 38.2 under Admiral...

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

The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

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

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

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

After Richard Jaccarino was released from the hospital, he was sent to a replacement depot on Saipan, and within a...

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

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

[Annotators Note: Robert Freligh served as a TBF and TBM Avenger torpedo bomber pilot in Torpedo Squadron 13, VT13,...

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

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