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George A. Damiano recalled the weather [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa, Japan] being so wet that they had to talk their...

After Richard Jaccarino was released from the hospital, he was sent to a replacement depot on Saipan, and within a...

The ship that the Laffey relieved had been there a week and never got hit. They got off of the coast of Okinawa on a...

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

Robert Oplinger and the underwater demolition teams had to blow up enemy beach obstacles and coral reef obstructions...

David Oreck guesses he was on between five and ten missions as a navigator on a B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29...

Ricardo R. Rondinelli and his unit [Annotator’s Note: 47th Bombardment Squadron, 41st Bombardment Group, Seventh Air...

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

Allen Tillery left Tinian in late December 1944 and was sent to Guam. When he got there he was assigned to the Japanese...

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

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

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

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