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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...

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:...

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

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

Paul Amrod joined the Army because his siblings had set the example, and his love of country obliged him to do his part...

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...

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...

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

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