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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:...

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...

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

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

Introduced to Okinawa through a rubberized topographical map, Richard Jaccarino could see where they would be landing,...

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

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

Michael Mickey Ganitch and the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) sailed past Japanese held islands en route to Okinawa. The ship...

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

Vernon Cummings' ship [Annotator's Note: USS Indiana (BB-58)] stayed in formation with the carriers until 1 April 1945...

A typical day for John Caraway consisted of reading and distributing daily dispatches, and receiving and sending coded...

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