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Still in the Philippines, Clem Thrift's ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Holt (DE-706)] moved on to bombarding the...

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

George Peto had a unique experience there [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa] one time while watching kamikazes hitting...

Ralph Hopkins had a relief man named Ronald Lucas. They worked well with each other. They alternated watches to best...

John Caraway's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Bridge (AF-1)] was anchored in the harbor at Okinawa when he heard about the...

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

John Curtis Spencer said the USS Formoe (DE-509) was steaming up to Okinawa when the word came that the Americans had...

Jack Houston returned to the United States around May 1946. He was discharged at the end of May or beginning of June in...

William Pierce never fired a rifle until he was in the Marine Corps. He became a marksman and then an expert rifleman....

[Annotators Note: Robert Freligh served as a TBF and TBM Avenger torpedo bomber pilot in Torpedo Squadron 13, VT13,...

Warren Nolan remembers one particular close call around Okinawa. There was an enemy plane coming in from pretty far out...

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

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