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OH 1257

His experiences as a naval officer assigned to the Combat Intelligence Unit, Pearl Harbor, during World War II. Assignment to Station HYPO, February, 1942; comments about Joseph Rochefort, Jasper Holmes, Edwin Layton, and Chester Nimitz; comments about the breaking of JN- 25; role of intelligence in the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway; role of intelligence in the shooting down of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's plane; role of intelligence in U. S.

OH 0756

His experiences as a pharmacist’s mate at the Ford Island Naval Air Station during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; also includes his recollections about the sinking of the USS Panay, 1937, the U. S. Marine expedition in Nicaragua, 1925, and the Battle of Midway, 1942.

OH 1344

His experiences during the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944. Falsifying documents about his age in order to enlist; boot camp, Sampson, New York, 1944; assignment to LST-373, 1944; his detailed account of activities leading up to and during D-Day, June 6, 1944; transfer to the escort carrier USS Shamrock Bay, 1944; brief account of his activities around the Mariana Islands, 1944-45.

OH 0638

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS Maryland during the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0356

His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS Honolulu during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0497

Survivor of the sinking of USS Houston. His experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Sinking of Houston, 1942; capture and imprisonment at Serang, Java; Bicycle Camp, Batavia, 1942; Changi Prison Camp, Singapore, 1942; building the Burma-Thailand Death Railway, 1942-44; Tamarkan, and Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, 1944-45; Saigon and Da Lat, French Indo-China, 1945; liberation.

OH 0775

His experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Downes during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 1801

His experiences while aboard the cruiser USS New Orleans during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

OH 0324

His experiences while aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.