Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
8:21 | Cal Stephenson remembers his job as a radioman in the 1st Marine Division during the bloody campaign at Peleliu. As they made their way onto the beach, they had to dig in underneath a pillbox that was firing overhead. Later, taking cover in a shell hole, he was hit by mortar fragments and had to be evacuated.
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Cal Stephenson remembers his job as a radioman in the 1st Marine Division during the bloody campaign at Peleliu. As they made their way onto the beach, they had to dig in underneath a pillbox that was firing overhead. Later, taking cover in a shell hole, he was hit by mortar fragments and had to be evacuated.
Cal Stephenson faces treacherous waters and hordes of Japanese soldiers as he and his regiment invade the island fortress of Okinawa.
Cal Stephenson sees the end of the war from the island of Okinawa and recounts his path home from the nation of Japan.
