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Oral History Interview with Lloyd Gossell, March 21, 2001

Description: 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
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Date: March 21, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gossell, Lloyd
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Frank Tremaine, March 18, 1995

Description: Transcript of an interview with Frank Tremaine, a journalist and World War II news correspondent, concerning his experiences as a bureau manager in the Pacific Theater for the United Press during World War II. Tremaine discusses the Pearl Harbor attack, military censorship, CINCPAC and Admiral Chester Nimitz, Admiral William ("Bull") Halsey, General Douglas MacArthur, an account of the Japanese surrender and ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945.
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Date: March 18, 1995
Creator: Byrd, R. W. (Richard W.) & Tremaine, Frank
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Admiral Donald M. Showers, March 13, 1998

Description: Transcript of an interview with Admiral Donald M. Showers, Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a naval officer assigned to the Combat Intelligence Unit, Pearl Harbor, during World War II.
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Date: March 13, 1998
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Showers, Donald M.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Captain Victor Delano, March 13, 1998

Description: Transcript of an interview with Captain Victor Delano, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Delano discusses his first assignment to the battleship USS West Virginia and his experiences during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; assignment to the antiaircraft cruiser USS San Juan, 1942; naval battles around Guadalcanal; Battle of Savo Island; assignment to the destroyer USS Wedderburn, 1944; Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1944; Paci… more
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Date: March 13, 1998
Creator: Alexander, William J. & Delano, Victor
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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