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

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

Jack Thornhill and the interviewer have just been reminiscing. He can remember things that happened to him when he was...

George A. Damiano recalls that the local population [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan] was happy to have the...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Edward Bale began training for the invasion of Japan after the end of the combat on Okinawa. He knew what to expect of...

John Cassidy served as an aide to an admiral during his tenure in the Pacific, and the two men got along well. Cassidy...

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