Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Hanson, Wilfred Wounded on Okinawa
Wilfred Hanson [Annotator's Note: with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division] was sent to...
Clapper, Joe Wounded on Peleliu
On the way to Peleliu, Joe Clapper's transport pulled into Ulithi, where he saw a small carrier with a hole in it big...
Hall, Clayton Wounded on Peleliu
Clayton Hall was pinned down [Annotator's Note: with Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...
Lansford, William Wrapping Up Guadalcanal and Heading to New Caledonia
William Lansford took part in the Long Patrol with the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion on Guadalcanal. Most of the time he...
Goodrich, James Wrapping up Guadalcanal and the Cost of Taking Tarawa
James Goodrich and his buddy dug a foxhole. His buddy put a big branch across the top of the hole. Later that night...
Brannon, Mark Wrecked in the Pacific
After the landings at Cape Gloucester [Annotator's Note: Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Papua New Guinea], Mark Brannon...
Beynon, Robert Writing His Book
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dr. Robert Beynon to describe writing his book, "The Pearl Harbor Avenger, U.S....
Goodwin, Kenneth Writing His Unit's History
Kenneth Raymond Goodwin was a Private First Class [Annotator's Note: while serving with the I...
Leaming, Jack Yokohama POW Camp
Jack Leaming and his pilot were taken to Yokohama. [Annotator's Note: Leaming was the rear gunner in the Douglas SDB...
Roy, William Yorktown Damage Control Photographs
[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...
Roy, William Yorktown Photographer enters the War
William Roy had served in Battleship Division 5 in the Atlantic on the battleship Arkansas [Annotator's Note: USS...
Roy, William Yorktown Photographs from the Battle of Midway
[Annotator's Note: William Roy reviews a series of photographs he captured during the Battle of Midway in June 1942. He...
Roy, William Yorktown's Damage from Coral Sea
[Annotator's Note: William Roy was aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-5) and worked as the ship's photographer as she returned...
Arend, Aloysius "Al" Young Boy to Rifleman
Aloysius "Al" Arend was born in Chicago, Illinois in November 1925. He grew up and spent much of his life in nearby...

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