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After Arthur Jackson got back to the United States [Annotator's Note: after being wounded during the Battle of Okinawa...

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

Around 21 June 1945, the 1st Marines [Annotator's Note: 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] were relieved by the...

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

Donald Long feels the combat that his father saw in France during World War 1 and that experienced by his brother on...

Following the war's conclusion, Claude Taylor sailed aboard LSM-352 [Annotator's Note: LSM stands for Landing Ship,...

John E. Johnson's ship [Annotator's Note: USS Liddle (APD-60)] stayed in China for a few weeks, mostly for rest and...

They proceeded to Samar to the repair base. The boats had already begun to be renovated because they had been assigned...

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

One night the men were on a 100 percent alert. Robert Akins was manning the 37mm antitank gun. Around two in the...

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

Artmon Arceneaux worked in construction in Oklahoma for 15 years after his military discharge. He repaired and painted...

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