Her experiences as a plant nurse at Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Arkansas, during World War II and the postwar years. Hiring policies for African-Americans; racial problems; industrial accidents and plant medical facilities; social activities; U…
His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pilot training at Pensacola Naval Air Station, 1941; assignment to Air Group 9 on the carrier Essex; discussion of Hellcat fighter; sinking of Fubuki-class destroyer, June, 1944, off Pagan…
His experiences as a naval aviator in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Assignment to VF-3 as wingman for "Butch" O'Hare; assignment to the carrier Essex; Wake Island raids, 1943; becoming an Ace at Kwajalein, 1944; Truk raid, 1944;…
Survivor of the Bataan Death March. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Bataan Airfield, 1941-42; fall of Bataan and capture; Bataan Death March; Camp O'Donnell, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942; Davao Penal Colony, 1942-…
His experiences as a survivor of the sinking of the destroyer USS Johnston during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944; Marshall Islands invasion; Carolines invasion; Marianas invasion; Truk; Battle of Samar.
His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Melvin during
World War II in the Pacific Theater. Marianas invasion; Carolines invasion; Battle of Leyte Gulf;
Battle of Surigao Strait; Iwo Jima; Okinawa; Kurile operations and occupation of Japan.
Engineer. His experiences aboard the destroyer USS McGowan in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Everyday life aboard ship; Iwo Jima; Okinawa and kamikazes; operations off northern Japan, 1945.
His experiences as an Alamo Scout and pathfinder in the Pacific during World War II. Training rigors; 511th Parachute Infantry in New Guinea, 1944; temporary capture by Japanese troops; operations on Nemfer Island; landing at Nasugbu, Philippines,…
His experiences as an officer aboard the destroyers USS Nicholas, Lavallette, and Benner in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Battle of Kula Gulf, June, 1943; Battle of Kolombangara, July, 1943; rescue of cruiser USS Helena survivors; various…
Physician. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese following the fall of the Philippines in World War II. Fall of Bataan and capture; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; Cabanatuan, 1942-44; hell ship to Japan, 1944; Hakodate, Hokkaido, 1944-…
Journalist, survivor of the siege of Corregidor. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Corregidor and capture; Cabanatuan, 1942; Mukden, Manchuria, 1942-45; liberation by Russian troops.
His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese in the Netherlands East Indies during World War II. Fall of Java and imprisonment in Surabaja; torture by Kempei Tai; Bandung, 1945; liberation.
Member of the "Lost Battalion." His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Fall of Java and capture; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44…
Journalist. His experiences as a bureau manager in the Pacific Theater for United Press during World War II. Pearl Harbor attack; military censorship; CINCPAC and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; comments about Admiral William ("Bull") Halsey and General…
His experiences while temporarily assigned to the Submarine Base during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. (His permanent assignment was aboard the aircraft tender USS Avocet. He was attending signalman school at the Submarine…
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood in Arkansas; joining the CCC; assignment to Company 5702 at Camp North Fork (F-123) near Pierce, Idaho; transfer to Company 229 at F-188 near…
Businessman. His experiences as a B-17 pilot in the European Theater during World War II. Flight training; flight from the U. S. to Grafton-Underwood, England; personal relationship with General Curtis LeMay; missions and German defenses; nineteenth…
