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

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

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

Around 21 June 1945, the 1st Marines [Annotator's Note: 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were relieved by the...

Philip Schweitzer cannot think of many other lighter moments than the ones he's already mentioned. He remembers one...

Bailey feels that war should be over with. His division fought the Chinese in North Korea. Young men are fighting today...

In preparation for hitting the beaches, Joe Clapper said a soldier's main concern is that he has enough ammunition. He...

Sidney Philips remembers being in San Diego for two weeks [Annotators Note: after returning from his combat tour in the...

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

Jimmie Dyer entered the service in March 1944 after making a deal with his mother to finish high school. He was sworn...

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

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

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