OH 1284 | Oral History

OH 1284

His experiences as a guerrilla fighter in the Philippine Islands during World War II. Assignment to patrol-torpedo boats in the Philippines,1941; orders from General Douglas A. MacArthur to establish a clandestine radio network to maintain communications with Commander Southwest Pacific after his evacuation from Corregidor; his role in plotting Japanese minefields in Leyte Gulf prior to MacArthur's return in 1944; pre-invasion weather reporting from Leyte to MacArthur's headquarters; dealings with Filipino guerrillas; transfer to stateside duty and his work with the Industrial Incentives Division of the Navy Department; sale of rights to the book about his adventures, American Guerrilla in the Philippines.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 26 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) William J. Alexander
Date of Interview February 22, 1997

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