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Nick Cristiano says his crew were nice boys. He was anxious to go on his first mission [Annotator's Note: January 1945...

Edward Riedl thought the people [Annotator's Note: he is referring to the people on Leyte, Philippines] seemed...

Dale Bates' most memorable experience of World War 2 was a mission off the tip of Okinawa [Annotator’s Note: Okinawa,...

Gerry Jones had joined the Marine Scout and Sniper Company, which was different than the Marine Raiders as he explains...

George Bertucci and the USS Mississippi (BB-41) participated in the shelling of Shuri Castle during the Battle of...

Frank Pantuso was relieved when President Truman [Annotator's Note: Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United...

Hilar Moore was sent to Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Northern Mariana Islands], which was the forward base for the...

The first day Dale LeBlanc was ashore on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: LeBlanc landed on Okinawa on 1 April 1945] they...

When the war ended, they shot all the ammunition to celebrate. Rita Hymel thought that was stupid and told her husband...

Lyle Bird was assigned as a signalman and bugler aboard the USS Okanogan (APA-220) in the Pacific at the end of the war...

When Sterling Mace experienced a mortar barrage and machine gun fire on Okinawa, he noticed an unoccupied jeep. He took...

Calvin Moore was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when the Japanese surrendered. They were running bets...

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