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Oral History Interview with Elijah Collins, Jr., December 6, 2001

Interview with Navy veteran Elijah Collins Jr. The interview includes Collins' personal experiences while aboard the destroyer USS Blue during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Collins also talks about the Battle of Savo Island and the sinking of the Blue.

Date: December 6, 2001

Creator: Alexander, William J. & Collins, Elijah, Jr.

Item Type: Book

Oral History Interview with Lloyd Gossell, March 21, 2001

Transcript of an interview with Lloyd Gossell, a Marine Corps veteran (A Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Regiment, 5th Marine Division), concerning his experiences during the assault on Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945. Gossell discusses his enlistment and boot camp, San Diego, California, 1942; assignment to the 3rd Marine Parachute Battalion, 1942; jungle training on New Caledonia, 1942-43; transfer to Guadalcanal, 1943; combat on Bougainville, 1943-44; return to the States to help form the 5th Ma… more

Date: March 21, 2001

Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gossell, Lloyd

Item Type: Book

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