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

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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.

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[16] 89 p. : ill. (some color) ; 28 cm.

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Marcello, Ronald E.; Chalkley, John & Lindberg, Charles W., 1920-2007 February 19, 1998.

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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.

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[16] 89 p. : ill. (some color) ; 28 cm.

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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. He discusses his experiences with the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal, 1942-43, and Bougainville, 1943; integration into the newly formed 5th Marine Division, 1944; assignment as a flamethrower man; descriptions of and comments about individuals in Easy Company, 28th Marines; preparations for the Iwo Jima Campaign; the landing on Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945; combat from the beach to the base of Mount Suribachi; his destruction of a Japanese bunker and receiving the Silver Star; assault on the summit of Mount Suribachi by a forty-man column; his participation in the raising of the first U. S. flag on Mount Suribachi, February 23, 1945; combat inside the rim of Mount Suribachi; his wound on Hill 362-A and evacuation, March 1, 1945. There is an Appendix at the end of the volume that 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.

Interview conducted in 1998 for the World War II Pacific Theater Project.

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Marcello, Ronald E.; Chalkley, John & Lindberg, Charles W., 1920-2007. Oral History Interview with Charles W. Lindberg, February 19, 1998, book, February 19, 1998; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1857670/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.

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