Search results

Map is loading...

The first time William J. Twigger took fire from the Japanese was on 18 May [Annotator's Note: during the Battle of...

Harry Lockhead knew he would leave Maui bound for the invasion of Japan. Fort Pierce, Florida was set up for UDT [...

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

Following departure from New Georgia, Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] reached...

Jack Taylor was well pleased flying F6F [Annotator's Note: Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft] fighter planes. The...

After the battle of Okinawa, Arnold Addison stayed on the island until the war was over. A few weeks after the war's...

Sidney Philips remembers being in San Diego for two weeks [Annotators Note: after returning from his combat tour in the...

George Peto had a unique experience there [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa] one time while watching kamikazes hitting...

Leo William Schmittgens waited sometime before his ship had arrived for them to leave Okinawa. He helped load the ship...

David Oreck guesses he was on between five and ten missions as a navigator on a B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29...

Robert Oplinger and the underwater demolition teams had to blow up enemy beach obstacles and coral reef obstructions...

Oral History