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Photograph. Circle of thatched huts surrounded by a short wire fence. Presumably Okinawa, Japan. 1945

Photograph. Japanese prisoners of war being inspected by U.S. Marine. Official Caption: "Rome 8/2/45. JAPANESE...

Photograph. Ship overturned onto its starboard side; An American military camp is in the background. Presumably Okinawa...

Photograph. The aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain (CV-39) after her launching at an Atlantic coast shipyard. Sailors...

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

During the night the Japanese must have started a push because the ship [Annotators Note: the destroyer USS Evans]...

Mickey Montalbano has many good memories of his years in the Navy, and he said that he has never regretted even one day...

When Mack was going into Okinawa in the Higgins boat, he claims he had a vision. It was a vision of his mother. His...

William Pierce never fired a rifle until he was in the Marine Corps. He became a marksman and then an expert rifleman....

Allen Horton was called back to Navy headquarters in New York to pick up a Silver Star. The citation was for his work...

Robert Riddle was at Okinawa when the atomic bombs were dropped. His crew, on hearing of the surrender, was a little...

Deen remembers the fear that was prevalent among the replacements, yet they responded when it was time to fight. He...

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