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William “Bill” Knapp was part of the Okinawa invasion on Easter morning 1945 [Annotator’s Note: Knapp was a coxswain on...

After action in the Marshall Islands [Annotator's Note: Marshall Islands Campaign, 29 January to 22 February 1944,...

1 of the men working with Church was hard headed and clearly unhappy with their current predicament. When they were...

During and after the Battle of Saipan, Ira Schilling and his fellow Marines willingly accepted enemy troops who...

Hopkins was aboard the Hornet when they were under attack. It was quite an attack. The first few bombs knocked out the...

Forrest Villarrubia and the Marines on his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Monitor (LSV-5)] were loaned to General...

George Colburn does not believe in bravery. The last thing on your mind is getting a medal. Medals counted for points...

Alvin Barnes heard an interesting story of a man who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings [...

Alexander Vraciu knew that the next time they saw air action it would be part of a landing somewhere. When his group...

Donald Herbert Shown and the Indianapolis [Annotator’s Note: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] were in the Aleutians at the...

In 1953 Thomas Crosby enlisted in the Navy. He was competing as a diver for the University of Hawaii and attending...

When Charles Wesley Borders was not flying, he had some reading material and records. They would also play ball. There...

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