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

[Annotator's Note: Romus Valtin "R.V." Burgin served in the United States Marine Corps as a mortar section leader in...

They [Annotator's Note: David Thomason and the other survivors of the USS Mannert L Abele (DD-733) which had been sunk...

Traveling back to the United States, Joe Clapper said they had a mixed complement aboard ship; there were many Navy...

They hung around in the area [Annotator's Note: the crew of the USS Bayfield, near Okinawa] for about twelve days...

Carl Rieman said if the planes could have carried more ammunition, he could have gotten more enemy kills. The Japanese...

James Gaffney discusses transition back into civilian life and his home life with two new children following his return...

Jack Gutman said the flashbacks would come when he went to bed, and the memories were magnified: the invasions, the...

Representatives from each camp were taken to Okinawa for a meeting to determine the best way to get the American...

Albert Reale thought the Japanese were miserable people, and seeing the surviving soldiers from Okinawa reinforced his...

The Marines knew they would be getting into a yellow jacket's nest if they had to invade Japan. When the war ended,...

Carroll George felt extremely safe [Annotator's Note: in his general quarters station in the engine room aboard the USS...

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