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Mickey Montalbano has many good memories of his years in the Navy, and he said that he has never regretted even one day...

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

After the invasion of Okinawa, Japan and the dropping of the atomic bombs, Joseph Richard was eligible for discharge,...

George A. Damiano recalls that the local population [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan] was happy to have the...

Rollins Rosenzweig continued to fly missions over Okinawa after the attack on the Japanese battleship Yamato. Missions...

After the war ended with Japan [Annotator’s Note: 15 August 1945], Walter Guyote made a few trips to Japan [Annotator’s...

Among his other responsibilities, Robert Gurr managed several newspaper routes during World War 2. As a paperboy, he...

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

Clem Thrift's last combat assignment was off of Borneo. There was concern because Japanese soldiers were swimming out...

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

The Marines knew they would be getting into a yellow jacket's nest if they had to invade Japan. When the war ended,...

Romus Valtin Burgin worked with a contact officer from the VA [Annotator's Note: Veterans Administration] named Frank...

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