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

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

In early August 1945, the 321st Bombardment Squad, 90th bombardment group [Annotator’s Note: 321st Bombardment Squadron...

Jack Skaggs could tell the end of the war was coming by April 1945 when the 7th Fleet wiped out the shipyard in Osaka....

Among his fellow officers, Earl Conklin thought there were a couple who were marvelous fellows and he has kept in touch...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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