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[Annotator's Note: Monroe Scherer survived Typhoon Louise on Okinawa, Japan on 9 October 1945.] Some groups rebuilt the...

Richard Witaker faced many hardships on Okinawa. Troops suffered from fatigue resulting from tension and lack of sleep...

Leo William Schmittgens was finally able to return home [Annotator's Note: after seven months of occupation duty in...

They [Annotator's Note: David Thomason and the other survivors of the USS Mannert L Abele (DD-733) which had been sunk...

Adolph Wilson and the 5th Marine Division assaulted Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: on 19 February 1945]. The island was...

Allen Tillery left Tinian in late December 1944 and was sent to Guam. When he got there he was assigned to the Japanese...

[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone served in the US Marine Corps as a member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]When...

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

While approaching Wana Draw on Okinawa, George Peto noticed some movement in the brush off to his left. He realized...

For Charles Balaza, flights of American planes over the prison camp foretold the oncoming victory. The end was near....

The battle ended on June 21st [Annotators Note: On Okinawa in 1945]. The Sixth Marine Division went on to China. Mack...

Firman Balza was transferred off the ship on 7 April 1944, and watched the Maryland [Annotator's Note: USS Maryland (BB...

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