Interviewee | CANBY, Caleb H., III (b. 1922) |
Professions | Attorney |
Military Service | U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, Scout-Bomber 243, 1st Marine Air Wing |
Interview ID # | OH 1184 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | Attorney. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Family background and education; decision to join the Marine Corps, 1942; boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina; advanced training at Quantico, Virginia, 1943-44; assignment to Scout-Bomber Squadron 243 at Emirau, Solomon Islands, 1944-45; his work in the flight department processing pilots’ flight logs; transfer to Mangaldan, Luzon, 1945; assignment to Mindanao in March, 1945; contraction of hepatitis and return to the U. S. |
Interviewer(s) | Sarah Canby Jackson |
Physical Description | 59 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |