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

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

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

Jack Skaggs could tell the end of the war was coming by April 1945 when the 7th Fleet wiped out the shipyard in Osaka....

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

Admiral Mitscher [Annotator's Note: US Navy Admiral Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher] was aboard Warren Nolan's ship [...

William Pierce tells the story of his duty on Guam while he was training for the invasion of the Japanese home islands...

Marvin Perrett was awarded the European Campaign Ribbon [Annotator's Note: Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater Ribbon]...

The Marines knew they would be getting into a yellow jacket's nest if they had to invade Japan. When the war ended,...

Herman Prager was awarded the enlisted man's silver dolphin pin for submarine qualification, the Submarine Combat pin...

The ship Melvin Abadie was assigned to [Annotator's Note: USS Appalachian (AGC-1)] was one of 18 ships that took troops...

The trip overseas for Richard Witaker was difficult because so many of his fellow Marines got seasick on the 31 day...

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