Pacific Theater | Oral History

Pacific Theater

OH 1502

Postmater. His experiences and observations as a guard during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo after World War II.

OH 1553

His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II; his youth in Dallas during the Great Depression; his decision to join the 112th Cavalry, 1939, at age sixteen; mobilization and assignment to Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, 1940; Louisiana Maneuvers, summer, 1941; assignment to Fort Clark, Brackettville, Texas, and duty along the Texas-Mexico border; assignment to New Caledonia, August, 1942; assignment to New Guinea, June, 1943; landings on Woodlark Island, June, 1943; landings at Arawe, New Britain, December 1943; Battle of the Driniumor River, Aitape, New Guinea, July, 1944;

OH 1153

Physician. His experiences while aboard the submarine USS Blower in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, 1944; assignment to the Blower, 1944; his responsibilities as plotting officer; various patrols in the Java Sea and off Indo-China.

OH 0065

Survivor of the Bataan Death March. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bataan Death March; Camp O’Donnell, 1942; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Onomichi, Honshu, 1944-45; liberation.