Oral history interview with Iliff D. Richardson, 1997 February 22.

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Oral history interview with Iliff D. Richardson, 1997 February 22.

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Interview with Iliff D. Richardson, a Navy veteran, concerning his experiences as a guerrilla fighter in the Philippine Islands during World War II. Assignment to patrol-torpedo boats in the Philippines, 1941; orders from General Douglas A. MacArthur to establish a clandestine radio network to maintain communications with Commander Southwest Pacific after his evacuation from Corregidor; his role in plotting Japanese minefields in Leyte Gulf prior to MacArthur's return in 1944; pre-invasion weather reporting from Leyte to MacArthur's headquarters; dealings with Filipino guerrillas; transfer to stateside duty and his work with the Industrial Incentives Division of the Navy Department; sale of rights to the book about his adventures, "American Guerrilla in the Philippines."

26 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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