Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Wicklund, John Enlistment, Training and Deployment
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John Wicklund how he ended up in the Army.] John Wicklund explains that during...
Shaner, Robert Ensign to New Guinea
Robert D. Shaner was called up 1 July 1943 to go to a school in Flagstaff, Arizona, the Arizona State Teachers College...
Buckley, James Entering Politics
James Buckley had no interest in politics. Floating around in the Pacific [Annotator's Note: as a Deck Officer aboard...
Bailey Pratt, Caroline Entering Santo Thomas
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee taps on a cup throughout the segment.] Caroline Bailey Pratt and her family were living...
Bradley, John Entering Santo Tomas
John Bradley [Annotator's Note: born in Manila, Philippines to an American father and Australian mother in 1936] cannot...
Warne, Therese Entering Santo Tomas Prison Camp
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: was an American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2] and...
Riedl, Edward Entering Service
Edward Riedl was waiting for his girlfriend to come out of her house when he was told Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note:...
LeBlanc, Andrew Entering Service
Andrew Leblanc joined the Army because most of his friends were in the Army. He did not pick the Navy because he did...
Rosenbloom, Myers Entering Service
Myers Bernard Rosenbloom was working in an office in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania of the United States Steel Corporation...
Beyer, Walter Entering the Navy
[Annotator's Note: The video is glitchy in this segment] Walter Louis Beyer was born in Savannah, Georgia in March 1918...
Guyote, Walter Entering the Navy
Walter John Guyote cheated on the eye exam to get into the Navy. He was sent to San Diego, California for boot camp. He...
Johnson, John Entertainment for the Officers and men of the USS Liddle (ADP-60)
John E. Johnson said he got along with everybody on his ship. He reluctantly exposed the fact that the USS Liddle (ADP-...
Shaw, Claude Entrance Into Military Service and Deployment
Life at the Academy [Annotator's Note: United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland] was very good, and Claude...
Jenkins, Frederick Entrance into Service
Frederick Jenkins thought it was hard to get organized. He had a school teacher as his company commander during boot...
Linscott, Jack Entrance into Service
Jack Linscott was 16 years old when the war broke out. He did not know there was something going on in the Pacific. The...
Wingo, Hugh Entrance into Service
Hugh Wingo was born in August 1918 in South Carolina. When he was 13 years old, they moved to North Carolina. He lived...
Donaldson, Buck Entrance into Service
Buck Donaldson joined the Navy. He went to San Diego [Annotator’s Note: San Diego, California] for boot camp by train....
Bennett, Loren Entrance into Service
Loren Bennett went to boot camp at Great Lakes [Annotator's Note: Naval Station Great Lakes in Lake County, Illinois]....
Donovan, Robert Entrance into Service
Robert L. Donovan did not want to be in the infantry. He was working at the Goodrich Company when he learned that the...
Burkett, William Entrance into Service
William Burkett was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. OCS [Annotator's Note: officer candidate school] was not hard...
Mitchel, Lyle Entrance into Service
Lyle Mitchell met his wife while he was in school at RIT [Annotator’s Note: Rochester Institute of Technology in...
Townsend, Joseph Entrance into Service
Joseph Townsend wanted to join the Marine Corps. His mother objected. His father had served in the Army in the First...
Solomon, Robert Entrance into Service
Robert M. Solomon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in July 1920. His father was an inspector and they moved to...
Camp, Ray Entrance into Service
Ray Camp was born in December 1924 in Friendship, Tennessee. He lived there on a farm until he got drafted. He received...
Denault, Leo Entrance into Service
Leo Denault finished school in June and went into the service on 16 August 1943. He went to basic training in Gulfport...
Sledge, Nevin Entrance into Service
Nevin Sledge wanted to be a Marine pilot, but he had to go through Navy aviation school. He went to the Navy and was...
Corson, Eugene Entrance into Service
Eugene Corson was happy to be in the Navy. It was rough. He went to boot camp in Rhode Island at an airbase. He could...
Geiger, John Entrance into Service
John Geiger was born in Newark, New Jersey in April 1923. He had two sisters. His father was a contractor for trucking...
Bowie, James Entrance into Service
James Bowie joined the Marine Corps. He only knew what he saw in the newsreels. He had an uncle who served in the Navy...
O'Brien, William L. Entrance into Service
William O’Brien was born in Dubuque, Iowa in June 1918. His real father passed away when he was four months old. His...
Patterson, James Entrance into Service
James Patterson was called up on 23 February 1943. He was sent to boot camp with a bunch of other reservists. They...
Lutz, William Entrance into Service
William Lutz was born in March 1920. He had three younger sisters, and two younger brothers who served in the Korean...
Lopez, Lionel Entrance into Service
Lionel Lopez was born in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in August 1921. He went to Catholic...
Lopez, Lionel Entrance into Service
Lionel Lopez was born in New Orleans [Annotator’s Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] in August 1921. He is 84 years old. He...
Stewart, William Entrance into Service
William Stewart was sent to Camp Beale in California [Annotator’s Note: near Marysville, California]. He got his first...
Simon, Albert Entrance into Service
Albert Simon was born in February 1920. His parents worked on a farm. He was raised on the farm and worked there until...

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