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Leo William Schmittgens remembered after all the firing ceased [Annotator's Note: after a firefight during the Battle...

[Annotator's Note: Arthur Jackson served in the US Marine Corps as an automatic rifleman in Company I, 3rd Battalion,...

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

Fernando Serna was liberated from a prisoner of war camp after the war. He was treated by doctors and nurses following...

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

John Caraway's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bridge (AF-1)] was anchored in the harbor at Okinawa when he heard about the...

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

In this segment, Jones remembers that while they didn’t know specifics about the atomic bomb, they knew something was...

Jack Glass liked serving aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The time he spent on the USS Saratoga (CV-3) was unpleasant...

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...

George A. Damiano recalled the weather [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan] being so wet that they had to talk their...

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