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Robert Akins oversaw some work details [Annotator's Note: overseeing Japanese soldiers in China after the war ended and...

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

Paul J. Murphy [Annotator’s Note: a fire controlman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] sailed to San Francisco [...

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

Richard Witaker had a memorable experience after the campaign for Okinawa was over and the island was declared secured...

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

Adolph Wilson and the 5th Marine Division assaulted Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: on 19 February 1945]. The island was...

Richard Bennett mentioned that one incident stands out as a proud moment. Out of the 15 PT boats in the squadron [...

The Laffey escorted a ship named the Dashing Wave [Annotator's Note: SS Dashing Wave] all the way back to the States [...

William Pierce never fired a rifle until he was in the Marine Corps. He became a marksman and then an expert rifleman....

Leo William Schmittgens was finally able to return home [Annotator's Note: after seven months of occupation duty in...

They proceeded to Samar to the repair base. The boats had already begun to be renovated because they had been assigned...

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