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

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

After Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Battle of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 26 March 1945; Iwo Jima, Japan], Adolfo V. Celaya...

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

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

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

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

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

Dale LeBlanc had been through Naha many times as a runner. Every time he went through there snipers would shoot at him...

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

Traveling back to the United States, Joe Clapper said they had a mixed complement aboard ship; there were many Navy...

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

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