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John Curtis Spencer said the USS Formoe (DE-509) was steaming up to Okinawa when the word came that the Americans had...

After Okinawa, John Nicholas and the USS Gayety [Annotator's Note: USS Gayety (AM-239)] were sent to sweep for mines in...

In this segment, Jones remembers that while they didn’t know specifics about the atomic bomb, they knew something was...

David Yoho remembers the huge fleet off Okinawa and the explosion of an ammunition ship. It had been attacked by a...

Richard Bennett mentioned that one incident stands out as a proud moment. Out of the 15 PT boats in the squadron [...

[Annotator's Note: Monroe Scherer survived Typhoon Louise on Okinawa, Japan on 9 October 1945.] Some groups rebuilt the...

The trip overseas for Richard Witaker was difficult because so many of his fellow Marines got seasick on the 31 day...

Adolph Wilson and the 5th Marine Division assaulted Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: on 19 February 1945]. The island was...

Fernando Serna was liberated from a prisoner of war camp after the war. He was treated by doctors and nurses following...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot with Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in the...

The ship that the Laffey relieved had been there a week and never got hit. They got off of the coast of Okinawa on a...

Warren Schmitt and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Savo Island (CVE-78)] participated in five invasions from...

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