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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...

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

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

[Annotator's Note: Stanley Richard Williams served in the Navy aboard the mortar ship USS LCI(M)-352 as a signalman and...

Carroll George felt extremely safe [Annotator's Note: in his general quarters station in the engine room aboard the USS...

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

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

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

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

Among his fellow officers, Earl Conklin thought there were a couple who were marvelous fellows and he has kept in touch...

Russell Clay found that his wartime experience as a barber in the Navy meant little in transitioning to civilian barber...

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