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

Following the war's conclusion, Claude Taylor sailed aboard LSM-352 [Annotator's Note: LSM stands for Landing Ship,...

The Laffey escorted a ship named the Dashing Wave [Annotator's Note: SS Dashing Wave] all the way back to the States [...

In preparation for hitting the beaches, Joe Clapper said a soldier's main concern is that he has enough ammunition. He...

Firman Balza was transferred off the ship on 7 April 1944, and watched the Maryland [Annotator's Note: USS Maryland (BB...

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

Forrest Villarrubia found the weather on Guam to be beautiful while he was stationed there after his tour in Leyte. The...

After Okinawa, John Nicholas and the USS Gayety [Annotator's Note: USS Gayety (AM-239)] were sent to sweep for mines in...

The B-29s carrying the second atomic bomb were overhead circling Yawata. The crew of the B-29 carrying the bomb was...

Leaving Okinawa, Robert Knudson shipped back to San Diego, California in the fall of 1945, then got a 30 day leave. His...

The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

Paul J. Murphy [Annotator’s Note: a fire controlman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] sailed to San Francisco [...

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