Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Snyder, John Treating Wounded and Burials at Sea
After finishing his training, John Snyder was assigned to the USS Harry Lee (APA-10), which transported troops to North...
Schweitzer, Philip Treating Wounded and Draft Boards
While Philip Schweitzer's unit [Annotator's Note: the 11th Airborne Division] was trapped on the ridge on Leyte, they...
Tarrant, Eugene Treating Wounded and Performance of Duties
Eugene Tarrant has certain memories from the war that have stuck with him to this day. One night off of Guadalcanal,...
Cale, Sterling Treating Wounded on Guadalcanal
Sterling Cale was assigned to the 1st Marine Division right after Pearl Harbor. He did not have a proper Marine uniform...
Hagans, Benjamin Treatment after Liberation
When Benjamin Hagans was on the ship coming back, his teeth started to settle. He put on 17 pounds in three weeks. He...
Harris, Carroll Treatment and Discharge
The first treatment Carroll Harris received was heat lamps on his legs. However, his legs and feet began blistering, so...
Grahlfs, F. Treatment for Radiation Sickness
Besides the atomic tests, F. Lincoln Grahlfs found other work to do while at Bikini Atoll [Annotator's Note: Bikini...
Lynch, James Treibel and Enlisted Men
James Paul Lynch's skipper [Annotator's Note: his captain, aboard the USS Snook (SS-279)], Chuck Triebel [Annotator's...
Wilson, Adolph Troops on Iwo Jima and Going Home
Adolph Wilson was a platoon sergeant on Iwo Jima but acted as a lieutenant after the officers were wounded or killed....
Jaccarino, Richard Tropical Diseases and Heading to Okinawa
After one patrol during which he was carrying a heavy BAR [Annotator's Note: Browning Automatic Rifle], Richard...
Bucher, Francis Truman's Greatest Decision
Francis Bucher says the atomic bombs being dropped on Japan [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and...
Roy, William Trying to Save the USS Yorktown (CV-5)
[Annotator's Note: William G. Roy served in the Navy as a Photographer's Mate 2nd Class aboard the aircraft carrier USS...
Shannahan, Claude Tulagi
Claude Shannahan left Samoa for New Caledonia and from there shipped out to Tulagi aboard the USS Little (APD-4), an...
Addison, Robert Tulagi
Robert Addison saw his first action on Tulagi which is a small island off the larger island of Guadalcanal [Annotator’s...
Addison, Robert Tulagi and Guadalcanal
Robert Addison [Annotator’s Note: with the 1st Marine Raider Battalion] fought on Guadalcanal. The battle of Bloody...
Barrick, Calvin Tulagi and Guadalcanal
[Annotators Note: Robert Addison served in the US Marine Corps in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.] They went to New...
Addison, Robert Tulagi and Guadalcanal
[Annotator's Note: Robert Addison served in the US Marine Corps as a mortar man in the 1st Marine Raider Battalion.]...
West, Gerald L. Tulagi and the Battle of Savo Island
When he set sail, Gerald West had never heard of Guadalcanal. He didn't learn about it until he was about to attack it...
Bleuler, Jack Tulsa Boy to Army Air Corps
[Annotator’s Notes: There is a lot of background noise throughout this segment.] Jack H. Bleuler was born in 1923 and...
Butler, Barbara Two and Half Years Overseas
Barbara Butler wrote home frequently. She tried to explain to her family what she was going through and to reassure...
Fisher, Clayton Two Emergency Landings
Before that, while instructing in SB2As [Annotator's Note: Brewster SB2A Buccaneer light scout bomber], Clayton Fisher...
Dietzel, Paul Two Rough Missions
[Annotator's Note: Paul Dietzel served in the USAAF as a copilot on Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bombers in the...
Harris, Rufus Typhoon and Atomic Bomb
The biggest problem on Rufus Harris' ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Miami (CL-89)] was a typhoon [Annotator's Note:...
Duff, Clarence Typhoon Cobra
Clarence Robert Duff remembered that during World War 2, his ship rode out three typhoons. The last one was in December...
Rasmussen, Ervin Typhoon in the Pacific
Ervin Lloyd Rasmussen was on many islands [Annotator's Note: in the Pacific Ocean] but the names escape him. There was...
Scherer, Monroe Typhoon Louise
[Annotator's Note: Monroe Scherer was sent to Okinawa, Japan in July 1945.] There was a sign posted saying that they...
Barnes, Alvin Typhoon off Okinawa
Alvin Barnes rode out a typhoon off Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan]. The ship [Annotator's Note: USS Purdy (...
Tizzard, Thomas Typhoon on Okinawa, VJ Day, and Going Back to the United States
The USS Denver (CL-58) was at Okinawa, Japan at the end of the war to protect the hospital ships. Thomas Tizzard...
Bath, Garland Ulithi Atoll
They [Annotator's Note: the Army] lost a gun battalion on 7 August [Annotator's Note: 7 August 1944]. Garland Bath, 11...
Spencer, Wallace "Wallace Smigiro" Under Attack
Wallace Spencer remembers when they were under attack. All the guns were firing. The crew was sitting there watching...
Johnson, John Under Fire at Leyte
John E. Johnson went aboard the USS Liddle (ADP-60) in New York in September 1944, and sailed through the Panama Canal...
Schmittgens, Leo Under Fire on Okinawa
Leo William Schmittgens went on patrols and his Lieutenant, Jaffe [Annotator's Note: US Marine Corps First Lieutenant...
Phillips, Robert Under French Army Command
[Annotator's Note: Robert Philips was separated from his unit during the Battle of the Bulge, or German Ardennes...
Lamm, Allen Underwater Demolition Team 21
Allen Lamm returned to the United States from his duty protecting convoys on a patrol craft [Annotator's Note: Lamm had...
Thrift, Clem Undisclosed Suicide Mission
The Army had not yet finished on Leyte because of bad weather, and Clem Thrift said that in the process of readying to...
Lebow, Cleatus Unions and Reunions
Cleatus Lebow believes that, although the contents of the crate they carried to was top secret, speculation among the...

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