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

When Warren Schmitt returned from Okinawa, he had to be sent to San Diego for hospitalization. By the time he recovered...

Lloyd Guillory made one flight against Rabaul. Rabaul was a Japanese airfield that was a very hot spot. It was bypassed...

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

Howard Fox sailed on the USS Catoctin (AGC-5) through the Panama Canal to the west coast and Hawaii. He rode out the...

Sidney Philips remembers being in San Diego for two weeks [Annotators Note: after returning from his combat tour in the...

The battle ended on June 21st [Annotators Note: On Okinawa in 1945]. The Sixth Marine Division went on to China. Mack...

Jimmie Dyer entered the service in March 1944 after making a deal with his mother to finish high school. He was sworn...

While off Okinawa, the USS Wisconsin [Annotator’s Note: USS Wisconsin BB-64] picked up some British POWs, which were...

Dale Peterson's battlestation on the USS San Juan (CL-54) was a five inch 38 caliber gun mount that had a seven man...

Charles Watkins Adair [Annotator's Note: with the 2nd Combat Cargo Group, 5th Air Force] had a close call at Nichols...

After Okinawa, James Odom went back to Guam. They heard a "message to all ships" about the signing of the peace treaty...

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