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

Merlin Smith made his way to Okinawa for the real McCoy [Annotator's Note: he was aboard the assault transport ship USS...

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

Jack Gutman said that because there were so many, the wounded were taken off Okinawa and brought back to various ships...

Richard Witaker landed on Red Beach 2 on Easter Sunday, April Fool's day of 1945 [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945]. The...

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...

William J. Twigger joined the remnant of the division [Annotator's Note: he had originally been a member of Company F,...

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

Allen Horton was commissioned out of midshipmen's school in Chicago, Illinois, and proceeded to Scouts and Raiders...

Leo William Schmittgens recalled the first day on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1945], his regiment [Annotator's...

Richard Witaker experienced much the same climate on Okinawa as he knew at home. There were pine trees and cultivated...

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