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[Annotator's Note: Walter Jacobs served in the Army as a squad leader in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 306th Infantry...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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