Oral history interview with Danny Thomas, 1999 February 26.

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Oral history interview with Danny Thomas, 1999 February 26.

Interview with Daniel Thomas, a Navy veteran (4th Marine Division), concerning his experiences while attached to the 4th Marine Division as a medic in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Decision to join the Navy, 1943; Hospital Corps School, San Diego, 1943; assignment to the Fleet Marine Force; Field Medical School, 1944; assignment to the 4th Marine Division, 1944; Iwo Jima, February, 1945; detailed description of the casualties and their treatment during the battle for Iwo Jima; postwar effects of the Iwo Jima experience.

100 leaves ; 29 cm.

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