Reiss, Joe (Interview outline and video), 2012

Erichsen, Wallace (Interviewer)

Joe Reiss was born in Cheshire Township, Michigan, in 1920. He enlisted in the Marine Corps shortly after Pearl Harbor, and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division as a rifleman. He went with then to train in New Zealand, and was part of the initial landing on Guadalcanal, where he became a sniper and served for about four months. After rebuilding in Australia, his unit landed at Cape Gloucester on New Britain, in 1943, and on Peleliu in 1944. He was wounded on Pelelieu and sent back to the US, and got out of the hospital the day the war ended.

2012-02-16

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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