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Spraker, Elmer From Okinawa to the Harbors of Japan
The USS Champion (AM-314) moved to the Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] area, and Elmer Spraker said it was...
Ward, Harold Segment 7
[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 7
They [Annotator’s Note: the dive bombers] would cut the engines if nothing came back from the PBY's and call it a day [...
Knapp, William War's End and Postwar
Following the Battle of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg; 1 April to 22...
Morehead, James B. Prewar Life and Entrance Into Service
James Morehead was born in August 1916 in Peoli, Oklahoma, the youngest of four children in a family that worked a farm...
Schoonejans, Emil J. After the War
Emil Schoonejans was in Portsmouth, New Hampshire when the war ended. They had been sent back to the United States for...
Draxler, Donald First Combat
In November [Annotator's Note: November 1943], Donald Draxler was told he would be going into combat as a reserve...
Smith, John The Admiralty Islands Campaign
When the 1st Calvary Division was preparing for the landing on Manus, John Smith was in the reconnaissance patrol sent...
Gallo, Peter Preparing for War
Peter Gallo was in the construction division in the CCC [Annotator's Note: Civilian Conservation Corps] before going...
Bates, Rex Pacific West Upbringing
Rex James Bates was born in November 1923 in Seattle, Washington. His father served as a drummer in the Navy during...
McKeel, Sam Reflections of the War
Sam S. McKeel returned to the United States and was discharged from the Navy in March 1946. He enrolled in at Atlantic...
Currier, William Prewar Life to Service
William Currier was born in Westbrook, Maine in 1926. He grew up with two brothers and was raised by his parents....

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