Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Faust, Frank Life as a Submarine Doctor
While in Hawaii, Frank Faust can remember submarines would come in for repair and overhaul, and the crew members would...
Warne, Therese Life as an Internee
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: was an American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2] was an...
Bradley, John Life at Camp
For food, John Bradley and the internees [Annotator's Note: in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila Internment...
Bollich, James Life at Camp O’Donnell
It took five and a half days for James Bollich to reach Camp O'Donnell [Annotator's Note: American instillation used as...
Donaldson, Buck Life at Sea
Buck Donaldson had to be able to tell the difference between Morse code sounds [Annotator’s Note: Morse code is a...
Reissig, Floyd J. Life at Sea
Floyd James Reissig arrived at the Harry Lee [Annotator's Note: USS Harry Lee (APA-10)] a week and a half before he...
McCorriston, James "Fran McCorriston" Life at Sea
Because James McCorriston had attended machinist mate school, he was transferred to the B Division [Annotator's Note:...
Guderian, Emmett Life at Sea
The ship would reposition at Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands]. Occasionally, Japanese planes...
Borrell, Francis "Frank" Life at Sea
Francis Borrell's first cruise was in the Atlantic Ocean. Borrell believes Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator...
Mason, Leslie Life at Sugamo Prison
Leslie B. Mason, Junior did morning reports and accounts of the prisoners [Annotator's Note: at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo...
Crosby, Thomas Life Before Internment
Thomas Crosby was born in September 1933 in Cagayan de Misamis, Mindanao, Philippines. His mother, grandmother and aunt...
Jackson, Arthur Life Before Joining the Service
Arthur Jackson was born in Cleveland and grew up in Canton, Ohio. His father was a watch maker and eventually ended up...
Brooks, Leonard Life Before Pearl Harbor
Leonard Brooks and his family were on their way back [Annotator's Note: to the Philippines] when the Blitzkrieg started...
Twible, Harlan Life Before the War
Harlan Twible was born in Gilbertville, Massachusetts in March 1922. He spent his first 18 years in Gilbertville but...
Zilliacus, Patrick Life in America
[Annotator's Note: Patrick Zilliacus emigrated to the United States from Finland with his mother and brother.] They...
Bailey Pratt, Caroline Life in an Interment Camp
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee taps a cup throughout the segment.] Caroline Bailey Pratt and her family were interned...
Hagans, Benjamin Life in Cabanatuan POW Camp
Benjamin Hagans remembers they were in the sea and the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese]...
Schmittgens, Leo Life in China on Occupation Duty
[Annotator’ Notes: This clip begins with an individual talking on a telephone. A telephone rings at 2:48:22.00 and a...
O'Rorke, James Life in Colorado
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] labored at a Japanese port with an American prisoner named...
Garbo, William Life in Foxholes
The Battle of the Driniumor River lasted for 45 days. William Garbo was attached to a regiment of the Army's Dixie...
Lewter, Robert Life in Japan and Home
Robert Lewter would swap cigarettes for Japanese services. The Japanese used needles and sewed thread as straight as an...
Johnsen, Erik Life in New Orleans
Erik Johnsen, a Cadet in the US Merchant Marine says that New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 1920s was active with all...
Riedl, Edward Life in New Orleans
Edward Riedl played baseball in the 1930s. His goal was to be a professional baseball player. New Orleans [Annotator's...
Hayashi, Nobuo Life in Nishinomiya During War
Nobuo Hayashi remembers listening to the radio and hearing how Japan had to attack Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the...
Yudenfriend, Herbert Life in Occupied Manila
Herbert Yudenfriend took classes [Annotator's Note: from the United States Armed Forces Institute or USAFI]. The...
Cristiano, Nick Life in Prison Camp
When Nick Cristiano got to the prison camp, he was given a paper to fill out. He only would put name, rank, serial...
Lents, Robert Life in Prison Camp
Robert Lents said that for a year and a half the prisoners did everything from building an underground radio station to...
Lewis, Karen Life in Santo Tomas
In 1942, Karen K. Lewis and her parents were interred at Santo Tomas Internment Camp [Annotator’s Note: Santo Tomas...
Woodham, Greg Life in Santo Tomas
Greg Woodham and his mother were interned at Santo Tomas [Annotator’s Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp, also known as...
McGlohon, John Life in the Air and on the Ground
Returning to discuss his other assignments all over the globe, John McGlohon conceded that the Aleutian Islands was not...
Bishop, Harvey Life in the Air Force and Postwar
Harvey Lee Bishop [Annotator’s Note: a North American P-51 Mustang fighter pilot in the 457th Fighter Squadron, 506th...
Slack, Otis Life in the Aleutian Islands
In 1935, General Billy Mitchell [Annotator's Note: Brigadier General William Lendrum Mitchell] told Congress [Annotator...
Currier, Al Life in the Aleutians
Al Currier had many boring days [Annotator's Note: on Attu Island, Alaska as a member of Company B, 1st Battalion,...
White, Dee Life in the Army
Dee Wayne White served in Germany during his three-year deployment overseas. Shortly before being sent back to the...
Harris, Carroll Life in the Army Before and After Attu
Carroll Harris was counting inventory in the grocery store he worked at when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor...
Floravante, Emile Life in the Field
Alfred Anthony Alvarez was in Czechoslovakia [Annotator's Note: with the 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry...

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