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Dale Peterson's battlestation on the USS San Juan (CL-54) was a five inch 38 caliber gun mount that had a seven man...

William Pierce tells the story of his duty on Guam while he was training for the invasion of the Japanese home islands...

George A. Damiano recalled the weather [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan] being so wet that they had to talk their...

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

Donald Herbert Shown [Annotator’s Note: aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) after damages received from a kamikaze...

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

[Annotator's Note: Monroe Scherer survived Typhoon Louise on Okinawa, Japan on 9 October 1945.] Some groups rebuilt the...

George Peto had a unique experience there [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa] one time while watching kamikazes hitting...

Jack Houston returned to the United States around May 1946. He was discharged at the end of May or beginning of June in...

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....

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

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