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Joseph Haines wrote home. The letters were censored. He could not say more than he was doing fine. [Annotator's Note:...

On 11 June 1945, Kenneth Dwight Wells and his company [Annotator's Note: Company F, 2nd Battalion, 29th Marine Regiment...

Gerry Jones recalls that the Japanese would push the Okinawan [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] natives through the...

Asked to describe the fighting in which he participated, Earl Conklin referred to his position with the mortars. The...

Douglas Harper went to Port Hueneme, California and was assigned to an ACORN unit. [Annotator's Note: ACORN is an...

Patrick Russell flew ground support for the battle of Okinawa. His plane carried various types of ordnance. Some had...

James Gaffney never spotted any Japanese while patrolling Bougainville. They did observe and report a bright light on...

Returning to the Pacific on the USS Brown (DD-546), John Cassidy participated in the invasion of Okinawa. He was there...

William Pierce had steak and eggs before boarding the Higgins Boat [Annotator's Note: Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel...

When Masaji Inoshita got to the ceremony [Annotator's Note: a Japanese surrender ceremony in China] he found out that...

Armando Galella's duties changed when he became battalion sergeant major, working at headquarters and answering only to...

The USS Twiggs (DD-591), according to Donald Witmer, was then assigned to Roger Peter 2, a radar picket station, which...

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