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• Description: ...Gary is a WW II Veteran who served in the United States Army in both the European and Pacific Theaters. He was assigned to F Co 341st Infantry Regiment (86th "Blackhawk" Div.), spending the majority of his military service time in the divisional motor pool. Although he saw very li...

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• Text: ...Grand Valley State University Veteran's History Project World War II – Pacific Theater Robert Scholz Total Time (01:19:57) Introduction (00:00:08)  Robert was born January 16th, 1918 in Quincy, Illinois (00:00:22)  His father owned a grocery store and his mother was a nurse (00...

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• Description: ...Aboard the Arapaho he served as the ship's doctor. Through the summer of 1943 the ship operated in the Pacific Theater and during the Battle of Tarawa he went ashore to treat Marine casualties. He also participated in the liberation of the in liberation of Eniwetok, Kwajalein, Makin, a...
• Text: ...ed home -Mother always had hope the ship hadn't sank and Marshall survived -First group of troops back from the Pacific Theater -Learned about the fall of Allied territories in early 1942 -Given 10 to 15 days of leave -Told not to talk about his experiences for secrecy's sake (01:...

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• Description: ...In Reno, Nevada he trained on the C-46 cargo plane. In late summer 1944 he deployed to the China-Burma-India Theater and was stationed at Sookerating Field in the Assam Valley of India, flying supply missions into China over the Himalayas. Three months later, after Christmas 1944, he was tr...
• Text: ...C-46 felt like flying a barn, but it was still a great plane if you flew it right (00:34:43) Deployment to China Burma India Theater -Gathered at St. Louis and told to collect their gear -Officially, they didn't know where they were going -Received hints that they were going to the Chi...

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• Text: ...:18) · He was discharged from Camp Atterbury · He received the Good Conduct Medal (43:54) · He also received the American Theater Ribbon, European Theater Ribbon, and a Victory Medal · His discharge was officially on November 17, 1945 (45:34) · He was married just before he le...

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• Description: ...raining he joined the Marine Raiders and trained at Camp Elliot, California. On February 28, 1944 he deployed to the Pacific Theater with the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion and trained at New Caledonia for a month. The Raiders were disbanded and he was assigned to C Battery of the 11th Marine ...
• Text: ...n station and saw pine boxes being unloaded from the train -Bodies of soldiers coming home after being killed in the Pacific Theater (00:02:18) War Work Pt. 1 -Worked at the Willow Run Bomber Plant outside of Detroit -Made good money -Went to work at Willow Run in the summer of 1942 (00:03:...

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• Description: ...f training he was assigned to the USS Indianapolis. Edgar saw combat aboard the Indianapolis at major battles in the Pacific Theater including the Philippine Sea, Iwo Jima, and the bombardment of Okinawa. After delivering the atomic bomb components to Tinian on July 26, 1945, the Indianapol...
• Text: ...ject -On July 16, scientists at Los Alamos conducted the successful Trinity atom bomb test (00:11:28) Battles in the Pacific Theater Pt. 2 -He didn’t land with the other Marines at Iwo Jima -Stayed on board the ship during the bombardment -Indianapolis was closer to the island than the la...

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• Description: ...Jay Shook served in the US Navy in World War II and the Korean War. He served in the Pacific Theater in World War II on the USS Bailey, a destroyer, and escorted LSI's and LSG's in to landing zones. During the Korean War, Jay served on the USS Bryce Canyon, a Destroyer class maint...

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• Text: ...in the local area (00:09:48:00) o At the time, the soldiers were being trained for the possibility of combat in the European theater (00:10:35:00) § In fact, DeWitt and the other soldiers made it as far as Boston, Massachusetts before General Douglas McArthur decided he needed their divisi...

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• Description: ...Fred Bernhardt enlisted in the Marines at the age of 17 in early 1944. He served in the Pacific Theater of WWII as an artillery observer for naval bombardments. He also served as a guard of the atomic bomb which was dropped on Nagasaki, and was part of the post-war occupation force as an ...

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• Text: ...d in Basic Training (11:40) • Was in a supply unit, so was never without supplies (12:00) • Had bowling alleys and movie theaters to keep them entertained (12:50) • Had a chance while in Germany to go to Augsburg, and had a month of convalescent leave (14:00) • Visited an exchange s...

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• Text: ...-Iceland was backed by Russia, but the locals were very friendly. -Locals worked on the base in kitchens, and theater etc. -Appreciated the fact that the Cold War was not active fighting. -What did you think about the Vietnam War? -He was discharged in January of 1965. -Can’t comment to...