Reminiscences of Gerald Carthrae Thomas : oral history, 1966.

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Reminiscences of Gerald Carthrae Thomas : oral history, 1966.

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Family background, education; World War I service; Haiti, 1919-21; Washington Disarmament Conference; special mission to Middle East with James Roosevelt, 1941; observation of British operations; World War II: Guadalcanal and Bougainville operations; Alexander Vandegrift Commandancy, unification fight; Marine occupation of North China; Chinese Civil War; fighting in Central Korea; Army personalities.

Transcript: 989 leaves.Tape: 18 reels.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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