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James Gaffney felt the Okinawan civilians were glad to see the Americans. They hung around the camp all the time. They...

Richard Higgins joined the Marine Corps in 1940. He was set on the Marine Corps from the beginning. He never considered...

Benjamin Hagans remembers they were in the sea and the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese]...

Gonzales was 10 years old when the Japanese invaded [Annotator's Note: Manila, Philippine Islands]. At the time he...

After his furlough, James Goodrich was told to report to Camp Pendleton. At the time Goodrich did not know what or...

Walter Groth was discharged in Texas. He turned in everything. The war was over. The war had ended when they got out....

The war changed George Peto. After the war he was reluctant to make close friends. The separation of servicemen during...

Without any time to become acquainted with anyone, Aloysius "Al" Arend was put on a ship bound for combat in the...

Once assigned to the 17th Reconnaissance Squadron [Annotator's Note: 17th Reconnaissance Squadron, 71st Reconnaissance...

Windom Joseph Burton was born in Brittany, Louisiana in February 1921 . He had six brothers and two sisters. His father...

[Annotator's Note: Don Daniels entered the service in February 1944.] When he reported on the last day of the month, he...

John Elliott made one more mission after the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...

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