Interviewee | HILL, John (b. 1912) |
Professions | Businessman |
Military Service | U.S. Navy WWII Veteran, USS Boise |
Interview ID # | OH 1381 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | 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. |
Interviewer(s) | William J. Alexander |
Physical Description | 29 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |