Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Witaker, Richard "Dick" Terrain and Weather on Okinawa
Richard Witaker experienced much the same climate on Okinawa as he knew at home. There were pine trees and cultivated...
Womack, Charles L. "Red" Terrain on New Guinea and New Britain
Charles Womack remembers the terrain on New Guinea being thick jungles with vines growing wildly throughout and near...
Kiplinger, Austin Terse Exchange with Admiral Sprague
Austin H. Kiplinger was aboard the USS Altamaha [Annotator's Note: USS Altamaha (CVE-18) and did anti-submarine...
Hanley, Fiske Texas Boy to Aviator
Fiske Hanley II was born in January 1920 in Brownwood, Texas. The Hanley family moved to Wichita Falls, Texas, then...
Gilmore, Selwyn Texas to Enewetak
Selwyn Gilmore was drafted and went in on 17 August 1943. He stayed in Camp Beauregard [Annotator's Note: Pineville,...
de Jonge, Wim Thai-Burma Railway
Wim de Jonge arrived at the beginning of the railroad through Thailand which was to be completed in Burma. It was...
Gilmore, Selwyn Thankful
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Selwyn Gilmore if his meeting a variety of types of people in the service...
Smith, John The Admiralty Islands Campaign
When the 1st Calvary Division was preparing for the landing on Manus, John Smith was in the reconnaissance patrol sent...
Paris, Thomas The Aleutian Islands
Thomas Paris went from radio school to Houston [Annotator’s Note: Houston, Texas] in order to go to Alaska. He got his...
Lingo, Alfred The Aleutians
[Annotator's Note: Running water can be heard throughout segment.] Alfred A. Lingo returned from the Aleutian Islands...
Hamilton, George The Aleutians
After his Navy training, George Hamilton was assigned to the USS King (DD-242) and spent 16 months aboard her in the...
Ream, John The Americans Arrive
John Ream remembers when people looked over the wall, they could see the 1st Cavalry [Annotator’s Note: 1st Cavalry...
Hoff, Donald The Arashi and Kaga Carriers at Midway
When Donald Hoff [Annotator's Note: a rear seat gunner and radio operator on Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers in...
Cummings, John The Asiatic Fleet
Albert Elmer "John" Cummings was with the Asiatic Fleet [Annotator's Note: United States Asiatic Fleet, 1902 to 1942]....
Hecht, Lester The Atomic Bomb
When Lester Hecht was in Mindanao [Annotator's Note: Mindanao, Philippines], the aircraft he was in charge of always...
O'Hara, Richard The Atomic Bomb on Tinian
Richard O'Hara was on Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands] when the bomb [Annotator's Note:...
Lowe, Robert The Attack and its Aftermath
[Annotator's Note: Robert Lowe was on the parade grounds at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii when the Japanese attacked on 7...
Beaman, William The Australian Experience
Home base for William Beaman and the USS Flasher (SS-249) was Perth, Australia. At the end of a two month mission, the...
Russell, Richard The B-24 and Feelings Toward the Japanese
Richard T. Russell, Jr. and his crew [Annotator's Note: flying a Consolidated B-24 Liberator with the 43rd Bombardment...
Goodwin, Hersey The B-24 and Reunions
The B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] was a four engine bomber. Hersey Goodwin has read...
Woodall, Wendall The B-29 and Being Attacked
Wendell Woodall was in the 19th Bomb Group [Annotator's Note: 19th Bombardment Group] which initially took off from...
Baile, Richard The B-29 and General James Doolittle
[Annotator's Note: Richard Baile served in the USAAF as a flight engineer on B-29 bombers in the 9th Bombardment Group...
Neher, Lisle The B-29 Superfortress
Lisle Neher was flabbergasted when he first saw the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber...
Wisher, Charles The B-29 Superfortress
Charles “Chuck” Wisher thought the B-29 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bomber] was the...
Frazier, Glenn The Bataan Death March
Glenn Frazier started the Bataan Death March with the other Allied POWs [Annotator's Note: prisoners of war] late in...
West, Gerald L. The Battle of Bloody Ridge
Gerald West returned to the United States and went to a camp on Catalina island. There, the Marine Corps was training...
Hendrick, Robert The Battle of Iwo Jima
Robert Erskine Hendrick's [Annotator's Note: with Battery B, 6th Marine Defense Battalion] father [Annotator's Note:...
Fox, Charles The Battle of Iwo Jima
Charles Joseph "Charlie" Fox's [Annotator’s Note: serving with Company H, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 5th...
Swan, Robert The Battle of Midway
Robert Swan saw a carrier the first day [Annotator's Note: on 3 June 1942, the first day of the Battle of Midway] but...
Roy, William The Battle of Midway
After leaving Pearl Harbor, William Roy and the rest of the crew of the Yorktown [Annotator's Note: USS Yorktown (CV-5...
Hendrick, Robert The Battle of Midway
Robert Erskine Hendrick [Annotator's Note: with Battery B, 6th Marine Defense Battalion on Eastern Island, Midway...
Fisher, Clayton The Battle of Midway
[Annotator's Note: Clayton Fisher served in the Navy as a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot in Bombing Squadron 8...
Buell, Harold "Hal" The Battle of Midway
Harold Buell was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga (CV-3)] when she arrived at Midway following the...
Hutchinson, Louis The Battle of Okinawa
Before the Marines landed on Iwo Jima [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan], the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) bombarded the...
Cawley, David J. The Battle of Santa Cruz
[Annotator's Note: David Cawley, a gunner with Bombing Squadron 10 (VB-10) flying from the USS Enterprise (CV-6), is...

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