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USS Hazelwood after kamikaze attacks off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Destroyer USS Hazelwood (DD-531) [right] after a kamikaze attack; another American warship is next the the...
US Marines preparing for combat, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. United States Marines walking around LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tank) parked off of a narrow dirt road....
Japanese prisoners of war, Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Crowd of Japanese prisoners of war stand behind a barbed wire fence, inside camp, on Okinawa; thatch-roofed...
American tank aiming its flame thrower at Japanese position on Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. American tank aiming its flame thrower at Japanese position on an Okinawa hillside. Official Caption: "Rome...
Kolesa, Thomas Thoughts On War and Life
Thomas Kolesa feels he had the best education he could have ever gotten from the Marine Corps. When he got into...
Houston, Jack Motivations, Drill Instructors, and China
Jack Houston had three reasons for enlisting. The first was patriotism. The second was that all of his friends were...
Bender, Harry Returning Home and Recollections
Harry Bender [Annotator's Note: an assistant BARman, or Browning Automatic Rifleman, with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th...
McConnell, Trist End of the War
By the time he went overseas, Julian Trist Bringier McConnell did not have heavy ammunition. He spent most of his time...
Pierce, William "Bill" Feelings Toward the Japanese
William Pierce hated the Japanese before landing on Okinawa. Propaganda influenced his animosity. His feelings were...
Whitman, Melvin Fighting on Okinawa
Melvin C. Whitman was surprised the Japanese did not fight back against the invasion [Annotator's Note: Battle of...
Schicker, Tom Japanese and Food on Okinawa
Thomas Francis Schicker and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company H, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine...
Ray, Sammy Okinawa
When Sammy Ray and the 1st Marine Division [Annotator's Note: Ray was a pharmacist's mate assigned to Headquarters...

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