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Walter Groth remembers that military intelligence had underestimated the number of Japanese on the island [Annotator’s...

Robert Frederick Reed was born in January 1921 on a farm near Rochester, Indiana where he lived for his first 18 years...

Edward Bale went to Okinawa at the beginning of the assault as part of a deception force that did not land. The 2nd...

While Vernon Henry Moret was on a ship headed to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] with his unit [Annotator's...

Harold Buell was on the Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (CV-5)] only a brief time before being reassigned. He...

William Goldsborough was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in January 1926 and grew up in the rural community of...

Lenwood Steglich did not want to stay in the Navy after the war. He attended Texas A...

When Benjamin Hagans was on the ship coming back, his teeth started to settle. He put on 17 pounds in three weeks. He...

[Annotator’s Note: Video skips throughout the segment and the audio does not sync with video.] Robert C. Hammond Jr....

When general quarters were announced, Francis Borrell had to be in his position as fast as possible. He would sit at...

When William Goldsborough turned 18 in January 1944, he registered for the draft, and was allowed to finish out his...

Lenwood Steglich never talked about his time in the Navy. His family never asked him about it. His three grandchildren...

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