Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Cole, Richard Segment 4
As a child in Dayton, Ohio Richard Cole was only a half hour bike ride from McCook Army Airfield where he would go to...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 4
Childers went to the yeoman and requested a transfer form. He typed up the request and asked to be assigned to Torpedo...
Williams, Hershel "Woody" Segment 4
Vernon wore a ring. Hershel Williams also wore a ring that was to remind him of his engagement to his fiancee Ruby....
Carrington, James Segment 4
[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 4
The picture of Leisey is on half a dozen things that he can think of. He has copies of the picture that go back to 1944...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 4
Norman Kleiss went to the ready room. The weather was very cloudy with just a few patches of open sky. A Japanese plane...
Kuroki, Ben Segment 4
Ben Kuroki was amazed that he only saw one Japanese Zero [Annotators Note: Mitsubishi A6M fighter aircraft, also known...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 4
[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a radioman and rifleman in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]...
Lazarick, Len Segment 5
When Lazarick got back to his outfit on 5 December [Annotator's Note: 5 December 1944] they were up in the hills. The...
Chuck, Harris Segment 5
Chuck recalls being stripped naked with his hands locked behind his head. The Japanese would hit them with a giant...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 5
Around 8:15 or 8:20 [Annotator's Note: on the morning of 16 April 1945] the first 4 Japanese kamikaze planes heading...
Connick Sr., Harry Segment 5
Connick recalls having great respect for the Marines they picked up at Iwo Jima. He watched them fight, seeing the...
Ferrier, Harry Segment 5
When the Enterprise [Annotator's Note: USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier] was attacked and ensign Mears and...
Tyler, Kermit Segment 5
On 1 September 1942 Tyler was transferred to the 44th [Annotator's Note: 44th Fighter Squadron] at Bellows Field as...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 5
The 24th [Annotator's Note: 24 December 1941] was the same; no water and no food. They could barely talk. On the...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 5
The day after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] Alexander Vraciu was...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 5
Yellin recalls strafing runs on Chici-jima which was about a hundred or so miles from Iwo Jima. Yellin strafed the...
Stinson, Handy Segment 5
It was a wonderful experience. Stinson would not trade a million dollars for his experience in World War II. On average...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 5
From 20000 feet the Japanese carriers could be seen maneuvering below. The carriers could be identified by their size...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 5
The Americal [Annotator's Note: the US Army Americal Division] came in in October [Annotator's Note: October 1942] and...
Blanchard, Robert C. Segment 5
Blanchard was still feeling the effects of the smoke inhalation when he was in Honolulu. He dealt with this injury for...
Ichikawa, Grant Segment 5
Grant Ichikawa does not feel that he did anything special being a linguist. He had a job to do and he did it. Ichikawa...
Church, Ray Segment 5
The men were lined up waiting to be searched. A friend, Joe Perry, who later made full Commander devised a plan to get...
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 5
When the Japanese planned invasions on American, English or Filipino soil, they had to come up with a new code...
Quintana, Ben Segment 5
At night around Henderson field the fighting was rough [Annotator’s Note: on Guadalcanal]. Quintana could only aim at...
Tenney, Lester Segment 5
Tenney did not believe the photo he saw of the Japanese soldier in Hollywood star and started laughing at it. The...
De Mers, William Segment 5
When DeMers was wounded [Annotator’s Note: on New Guinea] he was taken by the aid men to the regimental aid station....
Bishop, Charles Segment 5
Charles Bishop stayed with the Piranha [Annotators Note: USS Piranha (SS-389)] to put her out of commission since he...
Monpat, Raymond Segment 5
They started taking off the most severely wounded. Another APD [Annotator's Note: a destroyer or destroyer escort...
Barnes, William Segment 5
William Barnes manned a 20 millimeter antiaircraft gun aboard USS PC-590. When an enemy plane came at the ship it...
Mack, Frank Segment 5
Mack was out of action for about 12 days. They put him right back on the line after he healed. He wanted to get back on...
Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 5
Dupuy was rotated out after his escort missions on Truk. There was no system of rotation for pilots in the Pacific like...
Wahlen, George Segment 5
Wahlen was an E-5, Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd class when he got out of the Navy. His US Army career was over twenty years.He...
Woods, Edward Segment 5
Woods was a wiper in the engine room. There were 15 wipers aboard large ships. The wipers reported to the 1st Mate....
Karr, Robert Segment 5
Karr recalls having to go up on deck with buckets of water from down below. One of the times he went up to dump a...
Greer, Richard Segment 5
To Richard Greer the staff NCOs in the weapons company were the heroes. They had a lot of old staff NCOs that they...

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