Ronald E. Marcello | Oral History

Ronald E. Marcello

OH 0589

His experiences at Hickam Field with the 36th Bombardment Squadron during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0178

Member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Tamarkan, Thailand, 1944; Saigon, French Indo-China, 1944-45; liberation.

OH 0749

His experiences at the Marine Barracks between Hickam Field and the Pearl Harbor naval base during the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941

OH 0188

Member of the “Lost Battalion.” His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Chungkai, Thailand, 1944; Nakhon Pathom, Non Pladuk, and Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, 1944-45; liberation

OH 1216

Businessman. His experiences as an officer in the European Theater during World War II. Pre-war stateside training; forming and training the 741st Tank Battalion; amphibious training in England prior to the Normandy invasion; assignment as operations officer for the 741st; the fate of the DD tanks on D-Day; assignment as executive officer for the 741st; attachment of the 741st to the 2nd Infantry Division; combat in the hedgerow country of Normandy; comparisons and contrasts between the U. S.

OH 0246

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0409

His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Phoenix during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.