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OH 1296

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeTHOMAS, Daniel B. (b. 1925)
Military ServiceU.S. Navy WWII Veteran

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1296
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionHis experiences while attached to the 4th Marine Division as a medic in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Decision to join the Navy, 1943; Hospital Corps School, San Diego, 1943; assignment to the Fleet Marine Force; Field Medical School, 1944; assignment to the 4th Marine Division, 1944; Iwo Jima, February, 1945; detailed description of the casualties and their treatment during the battle for Iwo Jima; postwar effects of the Iwo Jima experience.
Interviewer(s)Peter B. Lane, Richard W. Byrd
Physical Description100 pp.
Terms of UseOpen