Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)

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Cart, William "Bill" Losing Friends in Training
William Cart was sent down to Gillespie [Annotator's Note: Gillespie Field, El Cajon, California], an outlying field...
Borders, Charles "Wes" Losing Pilots
Charles Wesley Borders and his fellow pilots all started at about the same time. They had three flights of 11 pilots,...
Kuskie, Glen Losing the Battle of Bataan
Glen Kuskie was fighting with the 31st Infantry [Annotator's Note: Company I, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment,...
Love, John Losing the Philippines
In the fall of 1941, John Edward Love and his unit [Annotator's Note: 200th Coastal Artillery Regiment] were stationed...
O'Rorke, James Loss of Bataan
James Richard O'Rorke [Annotator's Note: a member of Signal Corps Aircraft Warning, 5th Interceptor Command,...
Hill, James Loss of Pappy Boyington
James J. Hill lived through one tough experience. It was the mission that Pappy was shot down [Annotator’s Note: later...
Edwards, Randall Loss of the Philippines
When the Japanese General Homma [Annotator's Note: Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma] brought...
Crosby, Thomas Loss of the Philippines Islands
Thomas Crosby remembered soon after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, they attacked the Philippines. Using...
Conter, Louis "Lou" Loss of the USS Arizona
Louis Conter left the USS Arizona (BB-39) via a liberty boat after her fatal bombing. He boarded the boat near number...
Alair, Gene Loss of the USS Astoria (CA-34)
Gene Alair was in the South Pacific for many months. He was on a Transport Division Commander's Staff, CTD8. They had...
Glass, Jack Loss of the USS Hornet (CV-8) and USS Wasp (CV-7)
The first flight Jack Glass went on was a search mission during the later stage of the Eastern Solomons campaign. The...
Roy, William Loss of the USS Lexington (CV-2)
[Annotator's Note: William G. Roy served in the Navy as a Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class aboard the aircraft carrier USS...
Sterrie, Norman Loss of the USS Lexington (CV-2)
Norman Sterrie was spotted over the forward elevator just as an explosion below lifted the elevator and him in his TBD...
Leibold, William Loss of the USS Tang (SS-306) and Being Captured
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins mid sentence. William Leibold is apparently recommending places to eat in Escondido...
Allen, James Loss of the USS Wahoo (SS-238)
James Allen was at Midway aboard the Sperry [Annotator's Note: USS Sperry (AS-12)] when the Wahoo [Annotator's Note:...
Roy, William Loss of Yorktown and Aftermath
William Roy [Annotator's Note: as a member of the salvage crew on the USS Yorktown (CV-5) on 6 June 1942] witnessed the...
Urban, Raymond Losses on Bougainville
[Annotator's Note: Raymond Urban was at Bougainville, Papua New Guinea with Marine Fighting Squadron 212 (VMF-12).] It...
Rodrigue, Lowell Louisiana Boy to Navy Man
Lowell Rodrigue was born in June 1924 in Edgard, Louisiana, but was raised in St. Rose, Louisiana. His father worked...
David, James Louisiana Life to a Navy Life
James Warren David was born in Youngsville, Louisiana in January 1926. During the Great Depression, his father and...
Keller, Richard Louisiana Maneuvers
Richard Keller took part in the Louisiana Maneuvers [Annotator's Note: a series of major Army exercises held in 1941 in...
Marcarelli, Ralph LST Island Hopping
Ralph Marcarelli was aboard an LST [Annotator's Note: landing ship, tank] when he ventured around many islands to...
Werner, Jack Luck
Jack Werner often wonders if the younger generation could have done what his generation did. His story should be titled...
Pierce, William "Bill" Luck
William Pierce reveals a lucky find of a BAR [Annotator's Note: Browning Automatic Rifle] trigger assembly with a hand...
Winter, William Luck and Deploying to the Philippines
William Winter was at Fort McClellan for four months, after which they were assigned to Army units. In October 1944, he...
Nakagawa, Ittsei Lucky Spot to Be
[Annotator's Note: Ittsei Nakagawa was in a factory in Hiroshima, Japan when the atomic bomb exploded above the city on...
Groth, Walter Luzon
Walter Groth remembers that military intelligence had underestimated the number of Japanese on the island [Annotator’s...
Simon, Albert Luzon
Albert Simon was at Woodpecker Ridge in Luzon [Annotator’s Note: Luzon, the Philippines]. They landed on Leyte Island [...
Eddy, Sherwin Luzon and Iwo Jima
Sherwin Lansing Eddy and his squadron [Annotator’s Note: Composite Squadron 94 (VC-94) flying from USS Shamrock Bay (...
Schweitzer, Philip Luzon and the End of the War
[Annotator's Note: Philip Schweitzer served in the Army as a combat medic in the 11th Airborne Division and took part...
Schweitzer, Philip Luzon and the Raid at Los Banos
After that [Annotator's Note: the 11th Airborne Division's combat operations on leyte], they headed for Luzon on a...
Ernest, Malcolm MacArthur Knew
[Annotator's Note: Malcolm Ernest was stationed at Nichols Field near Manila, Philippines with the 27th Bombardment...
Borne, Edwin Major James Devereux
Edwin Joseph Borne, Jr. saw that he [Annotator’s Note: then US Marine Corps Major; later Brigadier General, James...
Cart, William "Bill" Majuro Atoll
William Cart and his squadron [Annotator's Note: Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 141 (VMSB-141)] were going to get on an...
Carson, Benjamin Makin Island Raid
Benjamin Carson had trained at Pearl Harbor in preparation for the raid on Makin Island. They boarded the submarines...
Colburn, George Making Friends in China
George Colburn went to China with the 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division [Annotator's Note: in September 1945]....
Munch, Melvin Making Ice Cream and Baking
Melvin Munch was discharged in 1946. He had volunteered to be the unit baker while on Okinawa because the traditional...

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