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OH 1381

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeHILL, John (b. 1912)
ProfessionsBusinessman
Military ServiceU.S. Navy WWII Veteran, USS Boise

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1381
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionBusinessman. 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 Description29 pp.
Terms of UseOpen