Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Gonzalez, Jesus Segment 3
Gonzales is very glad that he was able to help save a life even though he lost a brother.After Gonzales' brother...
Ferrier, Harry Segment 3
Ensign Earnest said that as he was heading down, he lost elevator control; the stick was loose in his hand. Ensign...
Tyler, Kermit Segment 3
Tyler was 27 or 28 when he went to Hawaii. Hawaii was a pleasant place. There were alerts but Tyler never heard about...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 3
During the initial attack Rogers was in the bushes away from the air field and could see them fly over. That was around...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 3
Alexander Vraciu wanted to fly fighters. If he had not been given fighters when he was going through training at Corpus...
Rosen, Harold "Hank" Segment 3
After Harold Rosen was wounded, he went back into action. The shrapnel was embedded and it allowed him to serve, but...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 3
Yellin had to fly the next day after he bailed out in the ocean. He notes that the P-40 was a great airplane. There was...
Stinson, Handy Segment 3
As far as a specific routine, they knew what had to be done when they woke up in the morning. The crews were very...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 3
When Merrill went aboard the Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown, CV-5] she was damaged but had been patched up....
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 3
Another problem they had was when they 1st arrived on the island they ran out of food. When they landed they had the...
Blanchard, Robert C. Segment 3
It took Blanchard quite a while to get topside. There was a lot of smoke. The men had to move to get away from it all....
Ichikawa, Grant Segment 3
Grant Ichikawa was assigned to headquarters [Annotators Note: Headquarters, Allied Translator and Interpreter Service...
Church, Ray Segment 3
1 of the men working with Church was hard headed and clearly unhappy with their current predicament. When they were...
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 3
In 1942 they began to realize that the Japanese were planning an assault on Port Moresby [Annotator's Note: New Guinea...
Quintana, Ben Segment 3
Quintana had to board an Australian ship that left from American Samoa. On Tulagi, the landing was rougher than...
Tenney, Lester Segment 3
Those with dysentery didn't live very long. Dehydration, lack of food, lack of water, the sickness, it was awful....
De Mers, William Segment 3
The train was moving fast. The train brought them to California. They brought the companies up to full strength. His...
Bishop, Charles Segment 3
For Charles Bishop, submarine school was pretty intense. The course lasted three months during which the class spent a...
Monpat, Raymond Segment 3
During the night the Japanese must have started a push because the ship [Annotator’s Note: the destroyer USS Evans]...
Barnes, William Segment 3
William Barnes was aboard USS PC-590 when it was thrown onto the reef which surrounds Midway atoll. After making...
Mack, Frank Segment 3
Mack was attached to the Sixth Marine Division and sent to Guadalcanal for training. The Sixth Marine Division was...
Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 3
Dupuy remembers a mission to Joliet. They carried two thousand pound bombs on the P-40 [Annotator’s Note: American P-40...
Wahlen, George Segment 3
During the last advance Wahlen was involved in, he was called forward to treat a badly wounded marine [Annotator’s Note...
Woods, Edward Segment 3
When Woods would go into Times Square young servicemen would give them trouble about why they weren't in the service....
Karr, Robert Segment 3
It was decided that the Laffey was going to head to Washington, DC and be tied up next to the Naval Gun Factory. The...
Greer, Richard Segment 3
Richard Greer served as a machinegunner in Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. During...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 3
Delewski took part in the Normandy operation. That was the first time the Laffey saw action. He was put in charge of...
Ward, Harold Segment 3
Harold Ward found out that the man on the other side of the headphones died about six years ago. Ward wore the...
Myers, Leroy Segment 3
They built the dugout for 3 people. They would run around and get food, and they would work all night. After...
Crain, Joe Segment 3
Alex Vraciu wanted to fly fighters. If he had not been given fighters when he was going through training at Corpus...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 3
James did not realize that he was shot right away. He knew he was hit but the pain did not register. He went down below...
Thatcher, David "Dave" Segment 3
The engines on the plane that Thatcher was working with were in phenomenal shape due to the diligence they displayed in...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 3
Whidhelm ended up as the CO of Scouting 8 aboard the USS Hornet. One day while sitting in the ready room Vejtasa...
Crain, Joe Segment 3
Crain was 1 of the seaman in the boat. They were on a transport ship originally. When Crain was on the transport ship...
Jones, David "Davey" Segment 3
When Jones arrived at Eglin he knew most of the pilots and many of the airmen. Soon, everyone got to know each other....
Akins, Robert Segment 3
One night the men were on a 100 percent alert. Robert Akins was manning the 37mm antitank gun. Around two in the...

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