Oral history interview with Leon F. Painter 1974 June 8.

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Oral history interview with Leon F. Painter 1974 June 8.

Interview with Leon Painter, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences at the Marine Barracks between Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

52 leaves ; 29 cm.

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North Texas State University. Oral History Collection.

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World War II Pearl Harbor Survivors (Marine Corps) Oral History Project.

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United States. Marine Corps

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The U.S. Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775. From the description of Papers, 1933-1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 754107146 The history of the Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers dates from 1942-1945. In 1942, a white man by the name of Phillip Johnston, who had lived on a Navajo reservation for many years of his life, conceived an idea that he thought might help the war. He believed that the Navajo language, a verbal, rarely-written language, coul...

Painter, Leon F., 1921-

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