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Still in the Philippines, Clem Thrift's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Holt (DE-706)] moved on to bombarding the...

Ralph Hopkins had a relief man named Ronald Lucas. They worked well with each other. They alternated watches to best...

John Caraway's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bridge (AF-1)] was anchored in the harbor at Okinawa when he heard about the...

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

John Curtis Spencer said the USS Formoe (DE-509) was steaming up to Okinawa when the word came that the Americans had...

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

William Pierce remembers a buddy being wounded on Okinawa. It was the same buddy who had fired a shot erroneously and...

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

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

Warren Nolan remembers one particular close call around Okinawa. There was an enemy plane coming in from pretty far out...

William Pierce had good duty for the six or seven months that he was in China [Annotator's Note: serving occupation...

Jack Glass liked serving aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The time he spent on the USS Saratoga (CV-3) was unpleasant...

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