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Still in the Philippines, Clem Thrift's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Holt (DE-706)] moved on to bombarding the...

George Peto has kept numerous photographs and documents from and regarding the war and shared them with interviewer....

After Okinawa, John Nicholas and the USS Gayety [Annotator's Note: USS Gayety (AM-239)] were sent to sweep for mines in...

On the 16th [Annotators Note: 16 May 1945 on Okinawa] Bailey moved out but got pinned down again and took cover in...

Following departure from New Georgia, Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] reached...

Edward Bale began training for the invasion of Japan after the end of the combat on Okinawa. He knew what to expect of...

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

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

Connick and the USS Lander [Annotator's Note: APA-178] brought supplies to Naha Beach on Okinawa. At one point they...

John Caraway's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bridge (AF-1)] was anchored in the harbor at Okinawa when he heard about the...

One night the men were on a 100 percent alert. Robert Akins was manning the 37mm antitank gun. Around two in the...

Clem Thrift's last combat assignment was off of Borneo. There was concern because Japanese soldiers were swimming out...

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