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

Artmon Arceneaux worked in construction in Oklahoma for 15 years after his military discharge. He repaired and painted...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dale LeBlanc had been through Naha many times as a runner. Every time he went through there snipers would shoot at him...

In preparation for hitting the beaches, Joe Clapper said a soldier's main concern is that he has enough ammunition. He...

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