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

[Annotators Note: Frank Guidone served in the US Marine Corps as a member of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]When...

Harry Lockhead knew he would leave Maui bound for the invasion of Japan. Fort Pierce, Florida was set up for UDT [...

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

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

The ship that the Laffey relieved had been there a week and never got hit. They got off of the coast of Okinawa on a...

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

Jack Taylor was well pleased flying F6F [Annotator's Note: Grumman F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft] fighter planes. The...

James Gaffney discusses transition back into civilian life and his home life with two new children following his return...

After leaving Morotai, Theodore Skare and his unit [Annotator's Note: 209th Malaria Survey Unit] went to Clark Field,...

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

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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