Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

The map only displays records that have geographic information. Switch to the grid view to see all records.

Map is loading...
Timeline is loading...

The timeline only displays records that have date information. Switch to the grid view to see all records.

Reeder, John Service During the Korean War
As commanding officer of fighter squadron VMF-111 [Annotator's Note: Marine Fighter Squadron 111 (VMF-111)] in Dallas [...
Jarvis, Robert Service in Brisbane
In February 1944, Robert Jarvis’ regiment [Annotator’s Note: 534th Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment, 4th Engineer...
Knippers, Willie Service in Hawaii
After Willie D. Knippers completed his medical field training at Camp Barkeley, Texas, he was sent to California for...
Long, Harold Service in Manila
When Harold Long graduated from Harvard [Annotator's Note: Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts], he was...
Shatz, Ewalt Service in Naples
Ewalt "Walt" Shatz was in New Caledonia when he received transfer orders from USS Patterson (DD-392) to an oil burning...
Bannai, Paul Service in New Guinea, Borneo and the Philippines
Paul Bannai joined the Allied Translator Interpreter Service [Annotator's Note: referred to as ATIS], which served all...
David, James Service in the Korean War
James Warren David was assigned to an LSD [Annotator's Notes: Landing Ship, Dock] and shipped off to Korea and was part...
Pugh, Thomas Service in the Pacific
Later on, Thomas Edward Pugh sailed through a storm. He landed in Auckland, New Zealand and was put on a truck that...
Neher, Lisle Service in the Pacific
Only one of the fire bombing raids Lisle Neher flew was to Tokyo. The others were to other big cities. Each raid killed...
Taylor, Fulton Service in the Pacific
Fulton Taylor was deployed on a Liberty Ship to the Pacific after his assignment to ACORN 8 [Annotator's Note: Aviation...
Bazet, James Service in the Pacific
The Grumman Wildcat [Annotator's Note: Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft] was a beautiful aircraft, according to...
Cole, Edgar Service In the Pacific
Edgar Cole went to communications school and finished at the head of his class. He was automatically assigned to...
Hebert, Richard Service in the Philippines
After completing basic training in the Army, Richard Hebert, Sr. was shipped to California and then boarded a troop...
Grun, Frederick Service in the Philippines
At the end of January [Annotator's Note: January 1945] in Leyte Gulf, Frederick Grun had his first experience with...
St. Julian, James Service in the Philippines and New Guinea
James Anthony Saint Julien, Senior [Annotator's Note: deployed to the Philippines with the 766th Engineer Dump Truck...
Joffray, Henry Service in the US Merchant Marine
Henry Joffray was a member of the Merchant Marine during World War 2. There were 4,000 ships and 260,000 sailors in...
Cale, Sterling Service in Vietnam
Sterling Cale fought in Vietnam. He was in Da Nang during the Tet Offensive. Cale had a nice home that was protected by...
Semiatin, Morris Service Overview
Morris Semiatin was born in June 1926 in Baltimore, Maryland. He knew in the late 1930s that there was war going on. He...
Block, Louis Service Overview
Louis Block was born in December 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up and went to school there. He lost his mother at...
DuBose, John Serving aboard the Tanker SS Frenchtown
John DuBose signed on the SS Frenchtown as a messman. The ship was a T-2 tanker that was welded during construction and...
Stratton, Donald Serving Aboard the USS Arizona (BB-39)
Donald Stratton is from Red Cloud, Nebraska. His family was farmers early on in their lives. Stratton had one sister...
Conter, Louis "Lou" Serving Aboard the USS Arizona (BB-39)
Louis Conter left boot camp in San Diego, California with the knowledge that he was to be assigned to the battleship...
Miller, Sam Serving Aboard the USS Edgecombe (APA-164)
Sam L. Miller reported aboard the USS Edgecombe (APA-164) in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California...
Bruce, Charles Serving Aboard the USS Lander (APA-178)
Charles Bruce was on the USS Lander (APA-178). Their job was to haul men and equipment wherever they needed to go. They...
Chatterton, Charles Serving Aboard the USS LCI(L)-334
In March 1944, at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, Charles Chatterton was assigned to the USS LCI(L)-334 [Annotator'...
Spencer, Wallace "Wallace Smigiro" Serving Aboard USS Essex (CV-9)
Wallace Spencer was in Sampson, New York [Annotator's Note: Naval Training Station Sampson in Sampson, New York] for a...
Glass, Jack Serving Aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3)
Jack Glass liked serving aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6). The time he spent on the USS Saratoga (CV-3) was unpleasant...
Campbell, John Serving as an Officer
[Annotator’s Note: Construction vehicles can be heard in the background throughout the segment, as well as someone in...
Parrotta, Raymond Serving in the Navy
Raymond “Ray” Parrotta was assigned to LST-357 [Annotator's Note: Landing Ship, Tank] in May [Annotator's Note: May...
Tadewaldt, Gordon Serving in the Navy
Gordon Tadewaldt recalled that he wanted to join the Navy because he wanted to fight like the rest of his friends. He...
Suter, Martin Serving in the Pacific
Martin Suter was sent to San Diego [Annotator's Note: San Diego, California], where he stayed for some time before...
Bourgeois, Henry "Hank" Serving in World War 2, Korea and Later
Henry Bourgeois' first air to air combat was over Bougainville. When the dive bombers went into their dive, the entire...
Mayes, Davis Serving on a Hospital Ship
Davis Gordon Mayes witnessed sailors being blown off their ships and falling into the water [Annotator's Note: during...
Butler, Barbara Serving Overseas with the Red Cross
Barbara Butler's first installation was on Leyte. Her living quarters were very close to the beach where General...
Rodrigue, Lowell Serving with a Special Unit on Peleliu
Lowell Rodrigue received more training and was assigned to a unit that was on a Merchant Marine ship. They went to...
Tarrant, Eugene Settling Differences and Anything Can Happen
When asked about a general message about his service and war, Eugene Tarrant references Civil War General Sherman's [...

Pages