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Around 21 June 1945, the 1st Marines [Annotator's Note: 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were relieved by the...

Donald Long feels the combat that his father saw in France during World War 1 and that experienced by his brother on...

Ralph Hopkins and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Louisville (CA-28)] left China for Okinawa. From there, the ship...

Richard Witaker had a memorable experience after the campaign for Okinawa was over and the island was declared secured...

Martin Brignac was building an airfield on New Guinea. The work was mostly just leveling the land. On Ie-Shima, Japan,...

After Arthur Jackson got back to the United States [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Battle of Okinawa...

James Gaffney was once allowed to buy a case of beer after an announcement that there was an excess supply. Each sailor...

Ralph Griffith was moved on a hospital ship from Manchuria to Okinawa and there he ran into friends he knew before the...

[Annotator's Note: Monroe Scherer was sent to Korea on occupation duty after Japan surrendered.] The Russians had...

Howard Fox sailed on the USS Catoctin (AGC-5) through the Panama Canal to the west coast and Hawaii. He rode out the...

One night the men were on a 100 percent alert. Robert Akins was manning the 37mm antitank gun. Around two in the...

John E. Johnson's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Liddle (APD-60)] stayed in China for a few weeks, mostly for rest and...

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