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Belt, Barbara A.

 Person

Found in 2 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

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  • Subject: Veterans -- United States X
  • Subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American X
  • Subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area X

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Landing craft -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 1
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines 1