Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Ward, Harold Segment 8
[Annotators Note: Harold Ward served in the navy as a mess attendant aboard the heavy cruiser USS San Francisco (CA-38...
Myers, Leroy Segment 8
Sometime in the spring of 2004 [Annotator's Note: Myers means 1944] there was a Japanese, who Myers thought had been...
Crain, Joe Segment 8
After the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot the action really slowed down for Alex Vraciu. There was a lot of argument over...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 8
James had his back to the explosion when it occurred. 1 shell that went all the way through the armor and came near the...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 8
Before the Battle of the Coral Sea , Vejtasa's group got some information on the Japanese base at Rabaul and the...
Crain, Joe Segment 8
After the kamikaze hit the ship it was the end of the war for the crew. She came back to the states on her own power....
Jones, David "Davey" Segment 8
When they left the ground they were going a little under 80 miles per hour. The ship was making about 20 knots and...
Akins, Robert Segment 8
The Marines knew they would be getting into a yellow jacket's nest if they had to invade Japan. When the war ended,...
Bacon, Giles Segment 8
Giles Bacon was with the Marine Raiders [Annotators Note: 2nd Marine Raider Battalion] for six months. He had enough of...
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 8
Bombing 6 and Scouting 8 had different ready rooms and different skippers, but the guys interacted with each other....
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 8
Living aboard the USS Enterprise was tough. Feightner slept in a hammock under a 5 inch gun mount. Other pilots bunked...
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 8
Representatives from each camp were taken to Okinawa for a meeting to determine the best way to get the American...
Wiley, Delmar Segment 8
The survivors hiked down the mountain to an enormous canoe that had paddlers down both sides with space in the middle....
Baptiste, Wallace Segment 8
When the 12 ships in his squadron hit Diamondhead [Annotator's Note: the volcanic crater on Oahu, Hawaii], 6 went south...
Starnes, James Segment 8
Starnes wanted the USS Missouri to live out the rest of her days as a museum ship in San Francisco so that more school...
Bailey, Herman Segment 8
On Kunishi Ridge on 15 June [Annotator’s Note:  15 June 1945, Okinawa] Bailey and several other Marines went along the...
Deen, Braswell Segment 8
Deen believes the mortar team helped to save the men at the point [Annotator’s Note: on Peleliu, September 1944]. He...
Crump, Ralph Segment 8
Crump was able to get a gold crown in his teeth and was able to join. This was in late 1943. Crump was told then that...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 8
Earnest tried to get a lead on the cruiser so he could drop his torpedo [Annotator’s Note: after being hit during the...
Cole, Richard Segment 8
When Richard Cole returned to the United States he was stationed at an aircraft manufacturing plant. As the planes...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 8
One ensign did bail out. He was picked up by a Japanese destroyer. He was interrogated, according to testimony from the...
Williams, Hershel "Woody" Segment 8
The military aide told Hershel Williams to take the envelope and do not open it as it was a court martial offense if it...
Leisey, Alvin Segment 8
Leisey believes that the Marine Corps teaches one to be a giver as well. He sometimes wakes up in the middle of the...
Kleiss, Norman "Dusty" Segment 8
During this attack there was only one plane lost. As Norman Kleiss was heading back to the carrier he came across...
Smith,James "Horse Collar" Segment 8
[Annotators Note: James Smith served in the USMC as a rifleman and radio operator in Company B, 1st Marine Raider...
Rogers, Ernest Segment 9
The prisoners had their own doctors they had to rely on. They had a Japanese doctor assigned to them but he was not 1...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 9
When Alexander Vraciu bailed out over the Philippines he was at about 300 or 400 feet when his parachute opened up. He...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 9
Yellin recalls that the Japanese were in the caves. One person described that the Japanese were not on Iwo Jima, but...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 9
The Saratoga [Annotator's Note: aircraft carrier USS Saratoga, CV-3] was getting ready to leave San Diego for Pearl...
Gravois, Francois "F.D." Segment 9
When Gravois landed on Saipan they were being shelled. Gravois lost 2 men when they landed. They were put into the line...
Church, Ray Segment 9
Rosa was part of a wealthier bunch according to Church. Church went back after the war to find her but she had gone...
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 9
Yamamoto [Annotator's Note: Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet] did not receive...
Quintana, Ben Segment 9
Quintana did not mention events from the war too often; he talked about the war later in life. After he had his glass...
Mack, Frank Segment 9
Mack has had a good life. He worked for the Army Corps of Engineers for thirty five years. He retired in 1981. His...
Karr, Robert Segment 9
K.D. Jones was Karr's pointer on the gun mount. Jones and Karr were able to get down and crawl out onto the deck. They...
Greer, Richard Segment 9
Richard Greer saw a few Red Cross things and the show Bob Hope was in on Pavuvu. He only watched for a little while...

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