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Richard Witaker was apprehensive about going ashore before Okinawa. He had seen his first indications of war while at...

Burton "Burt" Johnson was with his unit [Annotator's Note: 1st Marine Division] on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa,...

Dale Smith was born in Ontario, California in March 1925. His great grandfather moved there in 1892 and was a founder....

Angus Francis Mestayer remembers the New Zealanders were not too friendly. They had been fighting in South Africa for...

Archibald Rackerby was assigned to the 3rd Marine Raider Battalion. Colonel Liversedge [Annotator's Note: later US...

Charles Chatterton was born in Somerville, Massachusetts in November 1925. and grew up in the nearby town of Quincy. He...

Aboard ship, the head [Annotator's Note: naval slang for toilet or bathroom] was full. Nobody showed any fear...

Jules Desloge Brown [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS PCE(R)-855] was stationed at Shanghai [Annotator's Note: Shanghai...

Thomas Crosby's most memorable experience of World War 2 was the end. His experience in the war gave him a great...

In February 1945, Floyd Fogg was among the Marines of the 23rd Marines, 4th Division [Annotator's Note: 23rd Marine...

During the war, Aaron Baumgarten worried less about meeting up with the Japanese than he was of coming to a bad end...

After Orville Bethard was discharged he used his GI Bill benefits to take classes at Compton Junior College for a...

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