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Oral History Interview with Charles W. Lindberg, February 19, 1998

Transcript of an interview with Charles W. Lindberg, a Marine Corps veteran (3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division), concerning experiences during the battle for Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945, in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Appendix includes a photocopy of a map of Iowa Jima and copies of multiple photographs of Mr. Lindberg with other Marines on and around Mt. Suribachi.

Date: February 19, 1998

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E.; Chalkley, John & Lindberg, Charles W., 1920-2007

Oral History Interview with Commander Alex Vraciu, October 9, 1994

Interview with Cmdr. Alex Vraciu, a Navy WWII veteran and Navy Cross recipient from East Chicago, Indiana. Vraciu discusses his family and educational background, naval flight training, Edward "Butch" O'Hare, the F6F Hellcat, various combat operations throughout the Pacific, his actions at the "Marianas Turkey Shoot," being awarded the Navy Cross and time stateside, and returning to combat. In appendix is an autobiographical sketch by Vraciu, including a picture of him and his Hellcat with visi… more

Date: October 9, 1994

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Vraciu, Alexander

Oral History Interview with Dave C. Sanford, February 25, 1999

Interview with Dave C. Sanford, a Army WWII veteran from Carter, South Dakota, who served as a mortarman in the 37th Infantry Division. Sanford discusses growing up, his experiences in the Great Depression, being drafted and training, the New Georgia, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and Philippine campaigns, being wounded and discharged, and life afterwards.

Date: February 25, 1999

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Sanford, Dave C.

Oral History Interview with Davis Porter Newton, October 12, 1996

Interview with Davis Porter Newton, Army WWII veteran of the Pacific Theater from Birmingham, Alabama. Newton discusses his family background, working during the Depression and his education, commissioning into the Army, assignment to the 346th Harbor Craft Company and deployment to Finschhafen, New Guinea, acting as defense counsel in a court martial, sea-transport operations around New Guinea and the Philippines, working with POWs, and investigating war crimes.

Date: October 12, 1996

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Newton, Davis Porter

Oral History Interview with Gale E. Nevill, March 23, 1999

Interview with Gale E. Nevill, a Army WWII veteran from Houston, Texas. Nevill discusses his family background and upbringing, jobs in the oil business, joining the National Guard, attending Rice University, getting commissioned, overseeing a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, working through the Depression, activation and assignment to 6th Army HQ, deployment to Brisbane, 6th Army operations in the South Pacific and Philippines, the end of the war and life afterwards.

Date: March 23, 1999

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Nevill, Gale Erwin

Oral History Interview with John Hargrove, August 12, 1998

Interview with John Hargrove, a Army Air Corps WWII veteran from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Hargrove discusses growing up and his family background, being drafted into the Air Corps, training, assignment to the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron, 22nd Bomb Group at Langley Field as a radio operator, life and work at Langley, transition to the B-26, the start of the war, submarine patrol, deployment to Townsville, Australia via Hawaii, flying his first mission, liberty and recreation, bombing and close … more

Date: August 12, 1998

Creator: Lane, Peter B.; Byrd, Richard W. & Hargrove, John H.

Oral History Interview with Kenneth Poff, August 10, 1997

Interview with Kenneth Poff, a Army WWII veteran from Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, who served with the 1913th Engineer Aviation Battalion. Poff discusses his early life, being drafted and training, shipping out to Townsville, Australia, and landing on New Guinea, fighting attached to the 1st Marine Division for the Cape Gloucester and Hollandia campaigns, constructing and maintaining an airstrip, the Lingayan Gulf campaign in the Philippines, the atomic bomb and VJ-Day, and returning home.

Date: August 10, 1997

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Poff, Kenneth

Oral History Interview with Robert H. Flatley, October 27, 1999

Interview with business executive and Army Air Forces veteran Robert H. Flatley. The interview includes Flatley's personal experiences about being a P-38 pilot in the Pacific Theater during the World War II, basic training, flight training, P-38 training, various assignments and missions, and the destruction of forty-seven locomotives. Flatley also talks about various missions to targets in the Philippines, activities between combat missions, postwar military activities in the Philippines, and … more

Date: October 27, 1999

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Flatley, Robert H.

Oral History Interview with Rogers Aston, May 4, 1993

Interview with Rogers Aston, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard LST-446 during the Solomon Islands Campaign (1942-1943), his participation in the landings on Guadalcanal, New Georgia, Vella Lavella, and Bougainville, and his participation in the Marianas Campaign and landings at Saipan and Guam in 1944. The Appendix to the volume includes a photocopy of an application for the Military Order of the World Wars for Reginald Rogers Aston dated July 19, 1984 [4 leaves] and a photocopy… more

Date: May 4, 1993

Creator: Byrd, Richard & Aston, Rogers

Oral History Interview with Thomas P. Emery, February 21, 1995

Interview with Thomas P. Emery, a US Army WWII veteran from Solana Beach, California, who served as a pathfinder in the 6th Army Special Special Recon Unit. Emery discusses joining the Army and airborne training, assignment to G-2, scout and pathfinder training, attending OCS, deployment to New Guinea, formation of the Alamo Scouts, learning to live and fight in the jungle, his first mission, raids and harassing Japanese troops, traveling aboard the USS Missouri, and fighting in the Philippines. more

Date: February 21, 1995

Creator: Alexander, Wm. J. & Emery, Thomas P.