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Richard Witaker had a memorable experience after the campaign for Okinawa was over and the island was declared secured...

Jack Houston returned to the United States around May 1946. He was discharged at the end of May or beginning of June in...

Murphy Burke had been gone for two years when he got his first leave in April 1945. While overseas he had stayed in...

Bailey and the Marines got there [Annotator's Note: Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa] on the 11th [Annotator's Note: 11 June 1945...

Fernando Serna was liberated from a prisoner of war camp after the war. He was treated by doctors and nurses following...

Ralph Hopkins and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Louisville (CA-28)] left China for Okinawa. From there, the ship...

Ricardo R. Rondinelli and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 47th Bombardment Squadron, 41st Bombardment Group, Seventh Air...

Philip Schweitzer cannot think of many other lighter moments than the ones he's already mentioned. He remembers one...

After Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945; Iwo Jima, Japan], Adolfo V. Celaya...

Representatives from each camp were taken to Okinawa for a meeting to determine the best way to get the American...

William Pierce never fired a rifle until he was in the Marine Corps. He became a marksman and then an expert rifleman....

[Annotator's Note: Robert J. Ferris was pilot with Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 232 (VMTB-232) and took part in the...

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