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

The battle ended on June 21st [Annotators Note: On Okinawa in 1945]. The Sixth Marine Division went on to China. Mack...

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

Ralph Griffith was moved on a hospital ship from Manchuria to Okinawa and there he ran into friends he knew before the...

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...

Robert Oplinger never had issues other than sunburn from being in the water during his time as a frogman. Some of the...

Marvin Hill went to the Parcel Post building in Richmond to enlist, and underwent a physical. He was rejected, and told...

After training and before being assigned to a submarine, William Myers, Jr. was part of a relief crew. His job was in...

Joseph LaNier did not know what he would do after the service. He was reserve and not regular Army. Consequently, his...

They had a couple of rainy days in April [Annotator's Note: April 1945] but the rains got heavy after Lazarick left. He...

Aside from sporadic sniper fire, Paul Amrod's prayers were answered and he had no really close calls. He attributes his...

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