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Russell Clay found that his wartime experience as a barber in the Navy meant little in transitioning to civilian barber...

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

Charles Watkins Adair [Annotator's Note: with the 2nd Combat Cargo Group, 5th Air Force] had a close call at Nichols...

A year after Raymond Wells was shipped to Okinawa Joyce joined him there. At the time there was very little in terms of...

William Pierce never fired a rifle until he was in the Marine Corps. He became a marksman and then an expert rifleman....

Among his fellow officers, Earl Conklin thought there were a couple who were marvelous fellows and he has kept in touch...

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

Donald Witmer recalls that toward the end of the campaign [Annotator's Note: the Okinawa Campaign], scuttlebutt had it...

William Pierce recounts an instance of Japanese night time infiltration [Annotator's Note: during combat operations on...

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

When Warren Schmitt returned from Okinawa, he had to be sent to San Diego for hospitalization. By the time he recovered...

Edward Bale operated the M4 Medium Tank [Annotator's Note: also known as the Sherman] during World War 2 except when he...

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