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Leo William Schmittgens was finally able to return home [Annotator's Note: after seven months of occupation duty in...

Jack Skaggs could tell the end of the war was coming by April 1945 when the 7th Fleet wiped out the shipyard in Osaka....

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

While approaching Wana Draw on Okinawa, George Peto noticed some movement in the brush off to his left. He realized...

On the 16th [Annotators Note: 16 May 1945 on Okinawa] Bailey moved out but got pinned down again and took cover in...

Dale LeBlanc had been through Naha many times as a runner. Every time he went through there snipers would shoot at him...

Monroe Scherer took advantage of the G.I Bill and went to NYU [Annotator's Note: New York University, New York, New...

After the war ended with Japan [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945], Walter Guyote made a few trips to Japan [Annotator’s...

William Pierce had good duty for the six or seven months that he was in China [Annotator's Note: serving occupation...

Russell Clay found that his wartime experience as a barber in the Navy meant little in transitioning to civilian barber...

[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone served in the US Marine Corps as a member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]When...

After Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945; Iwo Jima, Japan], Adolfo V. Celaya...

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