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Lindberg, Charles W., 1920-2007. Oral history interview with Charles W. Lindberg, 1998 February 19.

Title: Oral history interview with Charles W. Lindberg, 1998 February 19.

Interview with Charles W. Lindberg, a Marine Corps veteran (3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division), concerning experiences during the battle for Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945, in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He discusses his experiences with the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal, 1942-43, and Bougainville, 1943; integration into the newly formed 5th Marine Division, 1944; assignment as a flamethrower man; descriptions of and comments about individuals in Easy Company, 28th Marines; preparations for the Iwo Jima Campaign; the landing on Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945; combat from the beach to the base of Mount Suribachi; his destruction of a Japanese bunker and receiving the Silver Star; assault on the summit of Mount Suribachi by a forty-man column; his participation in the raising of the first U. S. flag on Mount Suribachi, February 23, 1945; combat inside the rim of Mount Suribachi; his wound on Hill 362-A and evacuation, March 1, 1945. There is an Appendix at the end of the volume that includes a photocopy of a map of Iowa Jima and copies of multiple photographs of Mr. Lindberg with other Marines on and around Mt. Suribachi.

ArchivalResource: 76, [12] leaves : ill., facsims., map ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44060858 View

Evans, John W., 1922-. Oral history interview with John W. Evans, 1998 February 25.

Title: Oral history interview with John W. Evans, 1998 February 25.

Interview with John W. Evans, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences while aboard the battleship USS Arizona during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

ArchivalResource: 27 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/316890109 View

Temple, William H., 1916-. Oral history interview with William H. Temple, 1998 March 07.

Title: Oral history interview with William H. Temple, 1998 March 07.

Interview with William H. Temple, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences aboard the battleship USS California during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

ArchivalResource: 22 leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317291558 View