Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Crump, Ralph Segment 6
Crump stayed in the shipyard for the better part of a year. They had launched about 14 ships. The launching details had...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 6
Most of the tests had to do with navigation. They got off of the ship in Pearl Harbor. Eventually Earnest was told that...
Cole, Richard Segment 6
Richard Cole heard that some of the aircraft had cameras on them but his was not one of them. The picture of Doolittle...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 6
The planes all arrived about the same time. They then steamed north.The men knew that the Japanese had sent an armada...
Williams, Hershel "Woody" Segment 6
When the flag went up on Mt. Suribachi [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, February 1945], Hershel Williams was too busy in...
Carrington, James Segment 6
[Annotator’s Note: James Carrington enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939 and spent two years in China...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 6
Leisey's father was a railroad worker and his mother was a garment worker. They survived the Great Depression by...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 6
[Annotators Note: Norman J. Kleiss, known as Dusty, was a dive bomber pilot in Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) flying from...
Kuroki, Ben Segment 6
[Annotators Note: The beginning of this segment is the beginning of the interview, at 00:50:04:000 the interview picks...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 6
James Smith recalled that the Japanese attacked at around nine that night and things were going bad. A number of...
Stewart, Frank Segment 6 - BLANK!
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Lazarick, Len Segment 7
They had a couple of rainy days in April [Annotator's Note: April 1945] but the rains got heavy after Lazarick left. He...
Phoutrides, Ari Segment 7
In Seattle the ship was opened to the pubic to try to convince them to keep working hard. Ari Phoutrides believes that...
Ferrier, Harry Segment 7
Ferrier did not like the way they were awarding flight orders to the crewman. Ferrier made his boss well aware of that...
Tyler, Kermit Segment 7
Tyler flew a number of missions at Guadalcanal and again later in the Philippines. On the 15th of June 43 [Annotator's...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 7
One afternoon they were taken to a railroad station and put on a train but were not told where they were going. The...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 7
Alexander Vraciu and the other members of his squadron [Annotators Note: Fighting Squadron 16 (VF 16)] were in their...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 7
In the fall of 1984, Robert went to Japan for a year. He still hasn't come back [Annotator's Note: Interview was...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 7
By the time the second strike was launched, the first attack on Hiryu [Annotator's Note: Japanese aircraft carrier...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 7
Gravois didn't get any sleep during the 2 nights he was on Tarawa. The Japanese tried to infiltrate their lines, but...
Church, Ray Segment 7
Church had different responsibilities on Guam. His first assignment was to handle anything to do with recreation....
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 7
The Yorktown [Annotator’s Note: USS Yorktown (CV-5)] ended up getting the worst of it in the form of aerial and...
Quintana, Ben Segment 7
It gives Quintana a good feeling to be able to say that he was a Marine Raider. He felt that the Raiders did not feel...
De Mers, William Segment 7
It took them 3 weeks to get to Australia in the convoy. When he came home it took 15 days.DeMers never had trouble with...
Mack, Frank Segment 7
When Mack was going into Okinawa in the Higgins boat, he claims he had a vision. It was a vision of his mother. His...
Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 7
Dupuy recalls a certain sense of invincibility that stayed with him. He knew death was around every corner but he kept...
Karr, Robert Segment 7
They were escorting 1 of the carriers and their flight crew. Their flight crew got caught out at night. They attempted...
Greer, Richard Segment 7
Richard Greer left Guadalcanal on 5 or 6 January 1943 and went to Melbourne. He was very happy to be leaving the island...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 7
Before going out on duty at Picket Station Number 1 the men of the Laffey saw all sorts of damage to ships while docked...
Ward, Harold Segment 7
[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...
Myers, Leroy Segment 7
They had to break the monotony. They would see someone get beat and they would laugh about the way he hollered or the...
Crain, Joe Segment 7
Alex Vraciu and the other members of his squadron were in their ready room. It was known that this was going to be...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 7
James recalls not having enough sense to be scared. He focused on doing his job and getting it done correctly. He...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 7
Vejtasa made several raids prior to the Battle of the Coral Sea [Annotator's Note: 4-8 May 1942]. After Tulagi, they...
Crain, Joe Segment 7
The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...
Jones, David "Davey" Segment 7
There was a good 40 knot tail wind that was with them for several hours. When they got to the coast of Kyushu they were...

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