William J. Alexander | Oral History

William J. Alexander

OH 1328

Agronomist. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II; also his experiences and role in the Pacific War Crimes Tribunal in postwar Japan.

OH 1416

Policeman. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Youth in Ossining, New York; employment with the New York Central Railroad during the late 1930s and early 1940s; enlistment in the Navy SeaBees, 1943; basic training, Camp Perry, Virginia, 1943; temporary assignment as a clerk at the Oakland Naval Supply Center, 1943-44; assignment to the USS Edgecombe (APA-164), 1944; marital problems; operations around Leyte, Philippines, 1944-45; Operation MAGIC CARPET, 1945; postwar civilian activities.

OH 1424

His experiences while assigned to the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; his subsequent service aboard the submarine USS Pogy in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

OH 1160

His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to the crew of a PB4Y2; his unauthorized participation in a combat mission out of Okinawa over the Sea of Japan; battle damage to his plane; description of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from aerial observations after the dropping of the atomic bombs.

OH 1066

His experiences as an Alamo Scout and pathfinder in the Pacific during World War II. Training rigors; 511th Parachute Infantry in New Guinea, 1944; temporary capture by Japanese troops; operations on Nemfer Island; landing at Nasugbu, Philippines, 1944; operations on Luzon.

OH 1431

Electrical engineer. His experiences with a searchlight/radar battery, 251st Coast Artillery Regiment, at Camp Malekole during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; brief descriptions of his later experiences at Bougainville, 1943-44, and Luzon, 1945.