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David Harvey engaged kamikazes at Okinawa, Tokyo, and Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Japan]. The skipper [Annotator's Note...

Philip Schweitzer cannot think of many other lighter moments than the ones he's already mentioned. He remembers one...

Having participated in several amphibious landings as a combat swimmer, Robert Judd discusses that after their initial...

Ralph Hopkins and his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Louisville (CA-28)] left China for Okinawa. From there, the ship...

Sidney Philips remembers being in San Diego for two weeks [Annotators Note: after returning from his combat tour in the...

Carl Rieman said if the planes could have carried more ammunition, he could have gotten more enemy kills. The Japanese...

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

After leaving Morotai, Theodore Skare and his unit [Annotator's Note: 209th Malaria Survey Unit] went to Clark Field,...

Among his fellow officers, Earl Conklin thought there were a couple who were marvelous fellows and he has kept in touch...

James Gaffney was once allowed to buy a case of beer after an announcement that there was an excess supply. Each sailor...

Admiral Mitscher [Annotator's Note: US Navy Admiral Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher] was aboard Warren Nolan's ship [...

William Pierce tells the story of his duty on Guam while he was training for the invasion of the Japanese home islands...

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