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Dre Popow

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Dre Popow tells about his organization, Veterans Rebuilding Life, which is dedicated to aiding vets into normal everyday life by giving them an outlet to work through their PTSD in a productive, effective way. (6:20)

Duard Baxter

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Duard Baxter recalls arrival on Okinawa at Yontan airfield. They were expecting heavy resistance but surprisingly didn’t have much confrontation. He shares a story of one Japanese pilot who was at the wrong place at the wrong time when they arrived. (:54)

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During a 28-day trek by foot from the South end of Japan to Okinawa, Duard Baxter explains an occasion where one Japanese sniper had several men in his regiment pinned behind a rock for a long time until they eventually took him out. (:47)

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Duard Baxter remembers the devastating scene in Okinawa soon after the Atomic bomb dropped and the unusual reaction from the people living there. (1:02)

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During the invasion of Okinawa, Browning Automatic Rifleman Duard Baxter was sent out to lead a patrol of new recruits. He recalls a short but bloody encounter that resulted in him being offered a medal, but he did not accept it. (3:25)

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Duard Baxter discusses the minute food rations and horrible living conditions during his three-month trek through Okinawa. This includes a horrific story about not keeping watch when sleeping in a foxhole. (1:37)

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In Okinawa, about mid-way through the campaign, Duard Baxter remembers a massive Japanese artillery and sniper attack when he was pinned in a shell hole. After the firing ended, he explains what happened to one of his friends. (2:00)

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Duard Baxter tells the story of a major injury he suffered when in Naha, the capital of Okinawa. He explains the importance of getting back to his unit within ten days after the injury. (2:32)

Duwayne Balk

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Growing up in a small town in Wisconsin, Duwayne Balk was looking for some more discipline in his life, so he joined the military as a combat medic. Basic and advanced training was challenging, but it prepared him for his deployment to Da Nang, Vietnam. (9:04)

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As the 95th began to get settled in Da Nang, they started building tents and getting some semblance of a base going so that they could take on patients. As an OR tech, Balk assisted doctors during the various types of procedures that went on at the base. (7:50)