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Following the Battle of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg; 1 April to 22...

Arthur Q. Davis was born in March 1920 in New Orleans, Louisiana. His family lived on a rice plantation in Pointe a la...

Carey Suratt left the Navy when his enlistment time was completed. In 1950, someone recommended Suratt join a new Army...

Noah Lewis thinks the white servicemen were promoted to better positions than their black counterparts. He knows in the...

Baptiste was born in Saint James Parish, Louisiana on 4 November 1916. He is in town [Annotator's Note: New Orleans]...

Starnes grew up in Decatur, Georgia. His father was a travelling salesman. By the time he started school he was living...

After the war, Joseph Barger took advantage of the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's...

At Santa Cruz Feightner and Wickendoll [Annotator's Note: Lt(jg) Maurice Wickendoll] were flying CAP [Annotator's Note...

Wiley grew up during the Great Depression and he joined the Navy in 1940 just shortly after he graduated from high...

Howard Baroudi and his ship [Annotator’s Note: USS Edwards (DD-619)] travelled a lot and seldom reached a base for...

Bob Bartlett [Annotator's Note: assigned to USS Barnett (APA-5)], was up most of the night before the invasion of...

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