Oral history interview with Gordon D. Gayle, 1994 October 9.

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Oral history interview with Gordon D. Gayle, 1994 October 9.

Interview with Brigadier General Gordon D. Gayle, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, at Guadalcanal, New Britain, and Peleliu in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

45 leaves ; 29 cm.

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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World War II Pacific Theater (Island Hopping) Oral History Project.

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Marcello, Ronald E.

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United States. Marine Corps. Marines, 5th. Battalion, 1st.

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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...

Gayle, Gordon D.

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Gayle spent his career in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in the Peleliu campaign during World War II. From the description of Papers, 1994-1995. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 42459193 ...