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

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

William Pierce remembers a buddy being wounded on Okinawa. It was the same buddy who had fired a shot erroneously and...

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...

Freeman Dyson was not involved with the Manhattan Project. He was totally surprised at the dropping of the atomic bombs...

[Annotator's Note: Monroe Scherer was sent to Korea on occupation duty after Japan surrendered.] The Russians had...

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

William Pierce had good duty for the six or seven months that he was in China [Annotator's Note: serving occupation...

Michael Wilford Boos had been with the 74th Station Hospital for three years and when they reached Marina, Pisa in...

Albert Reale thought the Japanese were miserable people, and seeing the surviving soldiers from Okinawa reinforced his...

Warren Schmitt and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Savo Island (CVE-78)] participated in five invasions from...

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