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HILL, John (b. 1912)
Military Service: U.S. Navy WWII Veteran, USS Boise
Profession: Businessman
Businessman. His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Enlistment in the Navy, December, 1941; assignment as a radio communications officer; duty on an LST around Kavieng; construction of a radio station on Emirau; transfer to the cruiser USS Boise, 1944; personal observations about General Douglas A. MacArthur; Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944, and kamikaze attacks; postwar career in the television industry.
About this Oral History
| Physical Description | 29 pp. |
|---|---|
| Terms of Use | Open |
| Interviewer(s) | William J. Alexander |
| Date of Interview | March 11, 1999 |
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