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Robert Powers enjoyed World War 2 more than the Korean War. He had a reason to go in the first war and he enjoyed the...

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

Traveling back to the United States, Joe Clapper said they had a mixed complement aboard ship; there were many Navy...

After the invasion of Okinawa, Japan and the dropping of the atomic bombs, Joseph Richard was eligible for discharge,...

They proceeded to Samar to the repair base. The boats had already begun to be renovated because they had been assigned...

Leaving Okinawa, Robert Knudson shipped back to San Diego, California in the fall of 1945, then got a 30 day leave. His...

One night the men were on a 100 percent alert. Robert Akins was manning the 37mm antitank gun. Around two in the...

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot in Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in combat...

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

The ship that the Laffey relieved had been there a week and never got hit. They got off of the coast of Okinawa on a...

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

George Joseph Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) were first attacked by Japanese suicide aircraft in the Lingayen...

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