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Belt, Barbara A.

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Daryl Lester Tennal, Jr., 2003 February 27

 Item
Identifier: DCL2003.203
Abstract

Tennal recalls his experiences as a Marine assigned to duty in the Pacific region during World War II. He describes his early days in the Marine Corps and becoming a member of the Marine Corps Band. He also details many of the battles and offenses he participated in while fighting the Japanese on islands in the South Pacific, including Guadalcanal, the Solomon Islands and Guam, and the effects of the malaria he contracted while stationed there.

Dates: 2003 February 27

Oral history interview with Gerald L. Cronan, 2003 May 14

 Item
Identifier: DCL2003.211
Abstract Cronan describes his boot camp experiences and his initial assignment to shore duty patrolling the beach at Nags Head, N.C. during World War II. He details his training in preparation for serving on an LST (Landing Ship Tank), his assignment to LST-762, a newly-commissioned ship built in Pittsburg, and its journey down the Mississippi River, through the Panama Canal, to San Diego picking up troops, on to Pearl Harbor and finally unloading in the Philippines at Leyte. He recalls other...
Dates: 2003 May 14

Oral history interview with Otis Meril Chartier, 2003 March 13

 Item
Identifier: DCL2003.204
Abstract Chartier describes his initial enlistment in the Army Air Corps, his efforts to pursue an army career related to airplanes, and his eventual enrollment in the Infantry shortly before being deployed to duty in France. From there he provides a detailed account of being an infantry soldier on the war's front on the Maginot Line. He recalls his initial contact with German soldiers, being the only survivor of a 12-member scouting squad ambushed by the Germans, and recovery in a French hospital as...
Dates: 2003 March 13

Oral history interview with Thomas Fallbach, 2003 April 10

 Item
Identifier: DCL2003.209
Abstract

Fallbach recalls his early years in the Coast Guard and learning how to deep sea dive, specifically his experiences attending the Navy's deep sea diving school in Washington, D.C. He highlights his assignments after school, including diving in the search of torpedoes in Chesapeake Bay, working on a ship that refueled aircraft carriers at sea, and his assignment as a member of the crew on the Nantucket Lightship, anchored off the coast of Nantucket Island.

Dates: 2003 April 10

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  • Subject: Veterans -- United States X
  • Subject: Douglas County (Colo.) X
  • Subject: Veterans -- United States X
  • Subject: World War, 1939-1945 X

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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 2
Diving -- Training 1
Diving -- Training -- Washington (D.C.) 1
Landing craft -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 1
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944 1