Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Church, Ray Segment 5
The men were lined up waiting to be searched. A friend, Joe Perry, who later made full Commander devised a plan to get...
Showers, Donald "Mac" Segment 5
When the Japanese planned invasions on American, English or Filipino soil, they had to come up with a new code...
Quintana, Ben Segment 5
At night around Henderson field the fighting was rough [Annotator’s Note: on Guadalcanal]. Quintana could only aim at...
Tenney, Lester Segment 5
Tenney did not believe the photo he saw of the Japanese soldier in Hollywood star and started laughing at it. The...
De Mers, William Segment 5
When DeMers was wounded [Annotator’s Note: on New Guinea] he was taken by the aid men to the regimental aid station....
Bishop, Charles Segment 5
Charles Bishop stayed with the Piranha [Annotators Note: USS Piranha (SS-389)] to put her out of commission since he...
Monpat, Raymond Segment 5
They started taking off the most severely wounded. Another APD [Annotator's Note: a destroyer or destroyer escort...
Barnes, William Segment 5
William Barnes manned a 20 millimeter antiaircraft gun aboard USS PC-590. When an enemy plane came at the ship it...
Mack, Frank Segment 5
Mack was out of action for about 12 days. They put him right back on the line after he healed. He wanted to get back on...
Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 5
Dupuy was rotated out after his escort missions on Truk. There was no system of rotation for pilots in the Pacific like...
Wahlen, George Segment 5
Wahlen was an E-5, Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd class when he got out of the Navy. His US Army career was over twenty years.He...
Woods, Edward Segment 5
Woods was a wiper in the engine room. There were 15 wipers aboard large ships. The wipers reported to the 1st Mate....
Karr, Robert Segment 5
Karr recalls having to go up on deck with buckets of water from down below. One of the times he went up to dump a...
Greer, Richard Segment 5
To Richard Greer the staff NCOs in the weapons company were the heroes. They had a lot of old staff NCOs that they...
Delewski, Lawrence Segment 5
While the Laffey was undergoing training on Chesapeake Bay some of the gunners were sent to Dam Neck, Virginia for...
Ward, Harold Segment 5
The USS San Francisco (CA-38) replenished and headed down towards the Coral Sea. They raided New Guinea airport and the...
Myers, Leroy Segment 5
They got in to Yokohama and were put on a train to Fukuoka, or the island of Kyushu. They were put on trucks in Saebo [...
Crain, Joe Segment 5
The day after the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot [Annotators Note: the Battle of the Philippine Sea] Alex Vraciu was...
James, C.W. "Tex" Segment 5
James witnessed one of the atomic bomb blasts at Bikini Atoll after the war. That is how he realized how the war really...
Thatcher, David "Dave" Segment 5
Thatcher was able to get his tool kit from the plane. Later in the morning there was a Chinese underground member who...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 5
The ship went into the Atlantic. Vejtasa's ship met up with the Ranger, CV-4 [Annotator's Note: USS Ranger (CV-4)]....
Crain, Joe Segment 5
The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...
Jones, David "Davey" Segment 5
On the 1 April [Annotator's Note: 1 April 1942] they passed under the Golden Gate Bridge. The men were all excited...
Akins, Robert Segment 5
[Annotators Note: Robert Ray Akins served in a special weapons company in the 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division...
Perrett, Marvin Segment 5
They hung around in the area [Annotator's Note: the crew of the USS Bayfield, near Okinawa] for about twelve days...
Bacon, Giles Segment 5
Giles Bacon visited the military cemetery at Honolulu years after the war. It is a beautiful memorial. One of the men...
Wicker, Benjamin Segment 5
When they got to the Marshall Islands they had to go over the side of the ship; that was a hard thing to do. He did not...
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 5
The most significant thing to occur during the Battle of Midway that allowed for American victory is up for debate....
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 5
At Santa Cruz Feightner and Wickendoll [Annotator's Note: Lt(jg) Maurice Wickendoll] were flying CAP [Annotator's Note...
Hanna, Homer H. Segment 5
The American prisoners were rounded up on Monkey Point [Annotator’s Note: American servicemen captured by the Japanese...
Wiley, Delmar Segment 5
Wiley noted that there were no other survivors of his plane. His wingman returned to the Enterprise [Annotator's Note:...
Baptiste, Wallace Segment 5
They went to the South Pacific to the Solomons [Annotator's Note: Solomon Islands]. The ship was pretty crowded.At Mare...
Starnes, James Segment 5
When the ceremony was over [Annotator’s Note: the Japanese surrender ceremony on 2 September 1945] the sky was filled...
Bailey, Herman Segment 5
On the 16th [Annotator’s Note: 16 May 1945 on Okinawa] Bailey moved out but got pinned down again and took cover in...
Deen, Braswell Segment 5
Deen was supposed to follow Bill Thompson [Annotator’s Note: during the invasion of Peleliu, 15 September 1944]. He was...
Crump, Ralph Segment 5
Crumps dad was making 90 cents an hour. A dime was a big difference in those days. Gasoline was 10 cents a gallon and a...

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