Reminiscences of DeWitt Peck : oral history, 1967.

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Reminiscences of DeWitt Peck : oral history, 1967.

Development of Marine Officers Training Schools; tactics of Marine operations; World War II in the Pacific; impressions of William Halsey, Richmond Turner, Robert Ghormley.

Transcript: 162 leaves.Tape: 3 reels.

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