...military for more than two years during World War II. He was a part of the combat infantry and was stationed in Saipan and Okinawa.About 40 people attended the ceremony wearing remembrance poppies given to them by the poppy girl, Madeline Edelen, 10...

...enough fuel to taxi but not fly. When daylight came we saw rocks all around." After the Aleutians, Bill's unit was sent to Okinawa where they got shot up pretty bad. So they withdrew to recuperate. That was near the end of the war and Bill got out of the...

...exercises in the Philippines; and an amphibious exercise and assault, code named Operation Strong Back, made at Dingalan Bay, Okinawa. He farmed in North Dakota and Missouri, worked in Kansas City for the American Furnace Co,, worked highway construction...

...to Jesse C. and Dora Lee Boyd Smith. Jesse entered the pastoral ministry in 1955. His ministry extended from Illinois to Okinawa, Japan and from Texas to Alaska. "He had a heartfelt dedication to the military service men and women. This dedication...

...Exotic Persimmon (Fuju) Cookies Laura Aguiar "As a Marine Corps wife, I spent three years with my husband, David, in Okinawa, Japan. I worked for a base magazine and took on the assignment of cooking holiday recipes with local ingredients with which...