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Tagged with "Southwest Pacific Theater"

  • Foundry worker. His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. Advanced training, Camp Stoneman, 1943; stationing in New Guinea; invasion of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, and attachment to the 1st Marine Division, 1943;…
  • Attorney. His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II; also his experiences as a prosecuting attorney of Class C war criminals for International Military Tribunal for the Far East after World War II. Assignment to New Guinea…
  • Public school administrator. His experiences as a PBJ (B-25) pilot in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. His decision to join the Navy Aviation Cadet Program, 1942; Civilian Pilot Training Program, Sherman, Texas, 1941-42; pre-flight…
  • Civil engineer. His experiences as a PBJ (B-25) co-pilot in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His early interest in aviation; enlistment in the Navy, April, 1942; and primary and secondary flight training through the Civilian Pilot…
  • Businessman. His experiences as a PBJ (B-25) pilot in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. Childhood and education; his joining the Navy V-5 Program at the University of the South, February, 1942; pre-flight training, University of…
  • His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His boyhood in Dallas, Texas; school activities; the Great Depression in Dallas; his enlistment in the Texas National Guard, October 15, 1940; horse cavalry training and maneuvers…
  • Businessman. His experiences as a PBY and PBM pilot in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth and education around Brenham, Texas; graduation from high school and employment with the A&P grocery chain, 1933-42; enlistment…
  • His experiences in the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II. His youth in rural Mississippi; his move to Texas in 1939; his decision to join the 112th Cavalry, 1940; mobilization of the Texas National Guard, November, 1940; Louisiana…