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Tillery, Allen Guarding POWs on Guam
Allen Tillery left Tinian in late December 1944 and was sent to Guam. When he got there he was assigned to the Japanese...
Pierce, William "Bill" Head Wound
William Pierce remembers a buddy being wounded on Okinawa. It was the same buddy who had fired a shot erroneously and...
Ferris, Robert A Difficult Mission
[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot with Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in the...
Mack, Frank Segment 6
The battle ended on June 21st [Annotator’s Note: On Okinawa in 1945]. The Sixth Marine Division went on to China. Mack...
Schmitt, Warren Serving aboard the USS Savo Island (CVE-78)
Warren Schmitt and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Savo Island (CVE-78)] participated in five invasions from...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 4
Kerama Retto [Annotator's Note: Kerama Islands off of Okinawa] was used as a staging area for the destroyers going out...
Long, Donald Reflections
Donald Long feels the combat that his father saw in France during World War 1 and that experienced by his brother on...
Thrift, Clem Borneo, War’s End and Postwar Life
Clem Thrift's last combat assignment was off of Borneo. There was concern because Japanese soldiers were swimming out...
Balaza, Charles Liberation
For Charles Balaza, flights of American planes over the prison camp foretold the oncoming victory. The end was near....
Hopkins, Ralph Returning Home
Ralph Hopkins and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Louisville (CA-28)] left China for Okinawa. From there, the ship...
Crain, Joe Segment 7
The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...
Brooks, Curtis From Manila to San Francisco
Curtis Brooks was aboard a transport aircraft after being liberated from the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila,...

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