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[Annotator’s Note: A leaf blower can be heard in the background throughout the segment.] In March 1946, Clarence...

Russell Gackenbach had no idea where Tinian was located when he arrived there. He only knew it was close to Japan. At...

With the 184th Regiment [Annotator's Note: 184th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division] on the line at Hill 178,...

Richard O'Hara had one brother three and a half years older than him who went in the Marines earlier than O'Hara. He...

[Annotator's Note: This clip starts with more footage being shot without audio, except for sporadic background talking...

Abraham Rosenzweig is proud of his years of service in the Coast Guard. That feeling has grown over the years. World...

They started taking off the most severely wounded. Another APD [Annotator's Note: a destroyer or destroyer escort...

Henry Joffray sailed his first Merchant Marine voyage delivering shredded wheat for the troops. [Annotator's Note:...

Paul Takeo Bannai decided to go to Washington D.C. to lobby for the inclusion of Japanese-Americans in the military. He...

Rob Roy Ratliff was born in 1923 in Webb City, Missouri. He recalled playing in the fields near the old mines as a boy...

Frank Pomroy had decided to go on a third invasion regardless of whether or not he would be sent home. The Marines drew...

Harold Zeringer was a participant in the assault to take the Japanese held island of Okinawa. The invasion took place...

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