1942 | Oral History

1942

OH 1232

His experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. First assignment to the battleship USS West Virginia and his experiences during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; assignment to the antiaircraft cruiser USS San Juan, 1942; naval battles around Guadalcanal; Battle of Savo Island; assignment to the destroyer USS Wedderburn, 1944; Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944; Pacific typhoons; Iwo Jima and Okinawa operations, 1945.

OH 1072

Her experiences as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese during World War II. Santo Tomas, Manila, 1942-43; Los Banos, 1943-45

OH 1331

His experiences while aboard the light cruiser USS Helena and during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; his experiences aboard the Helena and the antiaircraft cruiser Reno in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

OH 0159

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; Bilibid Prison, Manila, 1942; 1942-43; Davao Penal Colony, 1943-44; Bellbird Prison, 1945; fall of Manila and liberation.

OH 1451

His experiences aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; his subsequent experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

OH 1401

Member of Doolittle's Raiders. His experiences as Jimmie Doolittle’s co-pilot during the Tokyo Raid of April 18, 1942.

OH 1150

His experiences while aboard the submarines USS S-42 and USS Sterlet in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Pre-war duty aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma, 1937-41; Japanese air raid at Cavite Naval Base, Philippines, 1941; his responsibilities as a cook; assignment to the S-41, 1942; various patrols off the Aleutian Islands, 1943; transfer to the Sterlet, 1943; a patrol to the Inland Sea of Japan.

OH 1371

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, 1942-43; Kaoren, Thailand, 1943-45; liberation by the OSS, 1945.