Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Whitten, Sumner The SB2U Vindicator and Flying Anti-Submarine Patrols From Midway
[Annotator's Note: Sumner Whitten served in the USMC as a pilot flying Vought SB2U-3 Vindicator dive bomber with Marine...
Leaming, Jack The SBD Dauntless
Jack Leaming and the USS Enterprise (CV-6)'s Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) received SBDs [Annotator's Note: Douglas SBD...
Gulotta, James The Silver Star and Landing on Bohol
[Annotator's Note: James Gulotta served in the Army as an intelligence and reconnaissance team leader in the 21st...
Carmody, Martin "Red" The Sinking of the USS Hornet (CV-8)
Martin Carmody and Les Ward finally joined back up with each other. They had both consumed a lot of fuel during their...
Yusen, Jack The Sinking of the USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)
Jack Yusen remembers the shells flying by sounded like freight trains and the explosions sounding like thunder. Another...
Harrell, Edgar The Sinking of USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
Edgar Harrell was born in October 1924 in Cadiz, Kentucky. He was 18 when he joined the United States Marine Corps in...
Tarrant, Eugene The Slot, Coral Sea, Midway and Tarawa
[Annotator's Note: Eugene Tarrant served in the Navy as a captain’s mess attendant aboard the USS San Francisco (CA38...
Carawan, Chris The Start of the Battle of the Bulge
Jumping forward to when Chris Carawan was in Belgium, replacing the 2nd Infantry Division's positions weapon-for-weapon...
Leibold, William The Survivors After the War
[Annotator's Note: William Leibold served in the Navy as a Chief Boatswain's Mate and made all five war patrols aboard...
Bass, Stewart The TBM Avenger
Stewart Bass flew a TBM Avenger [Annotator's Note: Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bomber] during the Second World War. He...
Morehead, James B. The Thirst for Blood and Evacuating Java
James Morehead's first combat action was an intercept of bombers determined to destroy the 19th Bomb Group's [Annotator...
Young, James The Tribulations of Boot Camp
James Franklin Young was sent to Parris Island [Annotator's Note: Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in Beaufort...
Cole, Edgar The Trip to Camp Lejeune
After receiving his draft notice, Edgar Cole went down on the appointed day and time. He was standing in a big room...
Phillips, Sidney The Troopship to Guadalcanal
Sidney Philips remembers the trip overseas as sitting around the boat chewing fingernails. Life aboard a troopship is...
Shannahan, Claude The UAW
Claude Shannahan lives in Harrison Township. He draws a pension from Chrysler but worries how long that will last with...
Hagans, Benjamin The United States
Benjamin Hagans remembers the officers’ mess had a menu. Hagans was with his brother, Bill, for three weeks. Then they...
Huggins, Warren The USS Barnstable (APA-93)
Warren Huggins left San Francisco [Annotator’s Note: San Francisco, California] and headed for Manila [Annotator’s Note...
Frisco, Paul The USS Cushing (DD-797)'s Crew
Paul J. Frisco felt comfortable around some of the officers on the USS Cushing (DD-797). With others, he was not as...
Miralles, Richard The USS Hoggatt Bay
Richard Miralles got word on his 18th birthday that they were going home. He went on liberty [Annotator's Note: an...
Tarkington, Frank The USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
Frank V. Tarkington was fortunate to have a mild and unexcitable experience in the war. He got a break by having...
Lynch, James The USS Snook (SS-279)
James Paul Lynch went out to sea as officer of the deck the first time [Annotator's Note: on the USS Snook (SS-279) on...
Lynch, James The USS Snook (SS-279) to the USS Sea Dog (SS-401)
James Paul Lynch had a wonderful experience on the Snook [Annotator's Note: USS Snook (SS-279)]. They had fine officers...
Guidry, Edmond The USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
Edmond Guidry came back [Annotator's Note: aboard the USS Ellet (DD-398)] to the Philadelphia Navy Yard [Annotator's...
Pendleton, Arthur The VA, Joking Around and Food
Arthur Pendleton never claimed his injuries. The system is incredibly wrong. It can be different. Pendleton did ask for...
Beard, Oral The War Ends
[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a person off-camera answers a lot of the interviewer's questions or gives...
Bruce, Charles The War Ends
Charles Bruce did not come across any enemy planes or ships out in the open waters [Annotator's Note: while serving...
Goodwin, Hersey The War Ends
When Hersey Goodwin was discharged, it was after the atomic bombs [Annotator's Note: nuclear weapons dropped on...
Andriano, Louis The War Ends
Louis Andriano does not remember celebrating the war ending. They were always the last to know and it made no...
Moore, Calvin The War Ends
Calvin Moore was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when the Japanese surrendered. They were running bets...
Miller, Rudolph The War Ends
Rudolph C. Miller loved the Marines aboard his ship [Annotator's Note: the USS Fond du Lac (APA-166)]. They were very...
Stevens, Phineas The War Ends
Phineas Stevens was in every D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day denotes the day on which an important operation begins]...
Stevens, Kenneth The War Ends
Kenneth E. Stevens heard the war was over when they [Annotator's Note: Company E, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment,...
Tanenbaum, Melvin The War Ends
Melvin S. Tanenbaum hated the Japanese during the war. They made sneak attacks with no warning. It was a blessing to...
Lawrence, Paul The War Ends
Paul Lawrence was sent to the Admiralty Islands. All the roads were made of ground coral that was full of salt. Every...
McWilliams, Donald The War Ends
Donald G. "Mac" McWilliams was on Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa, Japan] when they dropped the atomic bomb [...

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