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James Gaffney discusses transition back into civilian life and his home life with two new children following his return...

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

The ship that the Laffey relieved had been there a week and never got hit. They got off of the coast of Okinawa on a...

Leo William Schmittgens remembered after all the firing ceased [Annotator's Note: after a firefight during the Battle...

Forrest Villarrubia found the weather on Guam to be beautiful while he was stationed there after his tour in Leyte. The...

After the war ended with Japan [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945], Walter Guyote made a few trips to Japan [Annotator’s...

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

Jack Glass liked serving aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The time he spent on the USS Saratoga (CV-3) was unpleasant...

While off Okinawa, the USS Wisconsin [Annotator’s Note: USS Wisconsin BB-64] picked up some British POWs, which were...

Murphy Burke had been gone for two years when he got his first leave in April 1945. While overseas he had stayed in...

John Cassidy served as an aide to an admiral during his tenure in the Pacific, and the two men got along well. Cassidy...

[Annotator's Note: Arthur Jackson served in the US Marine Corps as an automatic rifleman in Company I, 3rd Battalion,...

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