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Prior to shipping out, Sammy Ray's professor and advisor from Louisiana State University, Doctor Lowry, put him in...

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

Around 21 June 1945, the 1st Marines [Annotator's Note: 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were relieved by the...

Bailey continued on. After he passed Naha [Annotators Note: May 1945, Naha, Okinawa] he encountered civilians for the...

Edward Bale began training for the invasion of Japan after the end of the combat on Okinawa. He knew what to expect of...

They got into the base and they stayed and ate. The next morning, they put them on a C-47. There was 2 or 3 other ex-...

Jimmie Dyer entered the service in March 1944 after making a deal with his mother to finish high school. He was sworn...

The B-29s carrying the second atomic bomb were overhead circling Yawata. The crew of the B-29 carrying the bomb was...

Robert Oplinger never had issues other than sunburn from being in the water during his time as a frogman. Some of the...

The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

Following the war's conclusion, Claude Taylor sailed aboard LSM-352 [Annotator's Note: LSM stands for Landing Ship,...

After Arthur Jackson got back to the United States [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Battle of Okinawa...

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