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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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