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Donald Witmer recalls that toward the end of the campaign [Annotator's Note: the Okinawa Campaign], scuttlebutt had it...

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

Herman Prager was awarded the enlisted man's silver dolphin pin for submarine qualification, the Submarine Combat pin...

The trip overseas for Richard Witaker was difficult because so many of his fellow Marines got seasick on the 31 day...

The ship Melvin Abadie was assigned to [Annotator's Note: USS Appalachian (AGC-1)] was one of 18 ships that took troops...

Robert Powers enjoyed World War 2 more than the Korean War. He had a reason to go in the first war and he enjoyed the...

Prior to shipping out, Sammy Ray's professor and advisor from Louisiana State University, Doctor Lowry, put him in...

Jack Thornhill and the interviewer have just been reminiscing. He can remember things that happened to him when he was...

Richard Bennett mentioned that one incident stands out as a proud moment. Out of the 15 PT boats in the squadron [...

Richard Witaker faced many hardships on Okinawa. Troops suffered from fatigue resulting from tension and lack of sleep...

Adolph Wilson and the 5th Marine Division assaulted Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: on 19 February 1945]. The island was...

Jimmie Dyer entered the service in March 1944 after making a deal with his mother to finish high school. He was sworn...

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