| Interviewee | GOSSELL, Lloyd (b. 1923) |
| Military Service | U.S. Marine Corps WWII Veteran, A Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Regiment, 5th Marine Division |
| Interview ID # | OH 1394 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | His experiences during the assault on Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945. Enlistment and boot camp, San Diego, California, 1942; assignment to the 3rd Marine Parachute Battalion, 1942; jungle training on New Caledonia, 1942-43; transfer to Guadalcanal, 1943; combat on Bougainville, 1943-44; return to the States to help form the 5th Marine Division; final training, Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, 1944-45; briefings and meetings en route to Iwo Jima; the pre-invasion bombardment of Iwo Jima; the initial assault on February 17, 1945; conditions on Green Beach; the assault across terraces to the base of Mount Suribachi; isolating Mount Suribachi from the rest of the island; transfer to the north end of Iwo Jima and combat on Hill 362-A; combat in “Death Valley”; occupation of Japan. |
| Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
| Physical Description | 111 pp. plus documents (1 pp.) |
| Terms of Use | Open |
