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Leo William Schmittgens remembered after all the firing ceased [Annotator's Note: after a firefight during the Battle...

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

While off Okinawa, the USS Wisconsin [Annotator’s Note: USS Wisconsin BB-64] picked up some British POWs, which were...

Among his other responsibilities, Robert Gurr managed several newspaper routes during World War 2. As a paperboy, he...

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

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...

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

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

Dale LeBlanc had been through Naha many times as a runner. Every time he went through there snipers would shoot at him...

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

After the invasion of Okinawa, Japan and the dropping of the atomic bombs, Joseph Richard was eligible for discharge,...

After Okinawa, John Nicholas and the USS Gayety [Annotator's Note: USS Gayety (AM-239)] were sent to sweep for mines in...

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