Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Killilea, Kenneth Combat Performance
Kenneth Killilea and the 4th Division returned to Maui from Tinian. There was a big luau and then training started...
Pendleton, Arthur Combat Skills and Tactics
Arthur Pendleton was happy to get off of Cape Gloucester. They were there during the monsoon season. It was a terribly...
Smith, Thomas Combat Stories
Thomas J. Smith, Junior was looking forward to seeing the enemy. The Marines were under the Navy. After training, they...
Strobel, Clarence Combat Stories
Clarence Strobel’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was serving in the honor guard for General MacArthur [...
Campisano, Frank Combat Training
Frank Campisano was eager to do his part. He was told he would be put wherever the Marine Corps needed him, which was...
Young, James Combat Training and Shipping Out
After basic training, James Franklin Young was sent to New River, North Carolina and placed in the Fleet Marine Force....
King, Rivers Combat, Training, then Back to Combat
Rivers Richardson King was assigned to Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 233 (VMSB-233) and headed to Guadalcanal [...
Cart, William "Bill" Coming Home
William Cart returned to the United States in January 1946. If Cart was going to be in a dogfight, he would have...
Wieland, Kenneth Coming Home
There was no homecoming reception in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], other than some high...
Goodwin, Kenneth Coming Home
Kenneth Raymond Goodwin finished his part of the history [Annotator's Note: of 185th Infantry Regiment, 40th Infantry...
Sullivan, George Coming Home
[Annotator's Note: George Joseph Sullivan was a prisoner of war of the Japanese and was working as slave laborer on the...
Billingsley, James Coming Home
James Billingsley got extra points for his medals towards coming home. He went into a depot and had to take everything...
Kent, Edward Coming Home and Postwar
When Edward F. Kent went into combat in Europe, he carried a carbine [Annotator's Note: .30 caliber M1 semi-automatic...
Fogg, Floyd Coming Out Alive
The second and final time Floyd Fogg was wounded, the Marines were taking Hill 515 for the fifth time. They were...
Crosby, Thomas Coming to America and Adjusting to Civilian Life
After they were liberated, Thomas Crosby's mother wanted to return to the United States. They were able to sail on a...
Keller, Richard Command and General Staff School
While Richard Keller was in Miami he got a phone call from a major asking if Keller wanted to go to the Command and...
Allen, James Commander Dudley Morton
[Annotator's Note: James Allen served in the Navy as a Fireman 2nd Class in the submarine service and was aboard the...
Werner, Jack Commanders
Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States] died 12 April [Annotator's...
Beaman, William Commissioning the USS Flasher (SS-249)
Assigned to the commissioning crew of the USS Flasher (SS-249), William Beaman went back to Groton, Connecticut to...
Brannon, Mark Commissioning the USS Hutchins (DD-476)
While waiting for the ship [Annotator's Note: USS Hutchins (DD-476)] to be commissioned, Mark Brannon learned that he...
Ratliff, Rob Roy Communications Training and Overseas Deployment
Rob Roy Ratliff joined the Marine Corps and trained with some of the Navajo code talkers. He received a ten day leave [...
Gresham, Ray Comparing German and Japanese POWs
Ray Gene Gresham digresses to mention that while he was at Camp Crowder, Missouri, he was serving in Company C, 2nd...
Oman, Mort Complacency Brings Trouble
The first time Mort Oman experienced enemy fire was in the Philippines when the Japanese fired upon him, and he did not...
Piazzo, Lincoln Completing Training
Air Corps training for Lincoln Piazzo consisted of primary, basic and advanced programs, and was conducted in three...
LeBlanc, Dale Comrades
Dale LeBlanc went to boot camp in San Diego. Marines who went to boot camp in San Diego were referred to as Hollywood...
Cristiano, Nick Con Man in the Prison Camp
Nick Cristiano was shot down on 15 April 1945. He was in prison for five and a half months [Annotator's Note: he was...
Werner, Jack Concepts of America
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Jack Werner what in his childhood in Austria made him what he is today and...
Peto, George Conclusion
George Peto produced some paintings and pieces of propaganda that were based on his unit during battle in the Pacific....
Hatch, Norman Conclusion
Norman Hatch does not think of his experiences on Tarawa or Iwo Jima continuously. Rather, his experiences flood back...
Schilling, Ira Conclusion
Ira Schilling is a proud American and a proud veteran of World War 2 and thinks that the existence of The National WWII...
Garbo, William Conclusions
Once William Garbo returned to G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 112th Cavalry Regiment, he resumed command of his machine gun...
Rinas, Bruno Conditions in the POW Camps
Bruno S. Rinas was able to complete the work he was given because he was being fed. He never saw the Japanese shoot...
Hill, James Confirmed Kill
James J. Hill was with 12 others [Annotator's Note: of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 (VMF-214)] over Rabaul [Annotator's...
Singlaub, John Conflict with President Jimmy Carter
John Singlaub was in Denver, Colorado commanding a Readiness Region when he was asked to go overseas once again. [...
Leese, Robert Conquest of New Guinea
By the time the United States dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Robert Leese had completed his...
Rees, Holly Considerations
Returning to his prewar life, Holly Rees remembered when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...

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