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Gerry Jones recalls that the Japanese would push the Okinawan [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] natives through the...

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

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

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

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

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

When Masaji Inoshita got to the ceremony [Annotator's Note: a Japanese surrender ceremony in China] he found out that...

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

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

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

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

Richard Witaker experienced much the same climate on Okinawa as he knew at home. There were pine trees and cultivated...

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