Oral history interview with Charles W. Lindberg, 1998 February 19.

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Oral history interview with Charles W. Lindberg, 1998 February 19.

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Interview with Charles W. Lindberg, a Marine Corps veteran (3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division), concerning experiences during the battle for Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945, in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He discusses his experiences with the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal, 1942-43, and Bougainville, 1943; integration into the newly formed 5th Marine Division, 1944; assignment as a flamethrower man; descriptions of and comments about individuals in Easy Company, 28th Marines; preparations for the Iwo Jima Campaign; the landing on Iwo Jima, February 19, 1945; combat from the beach to the base of Mount Suribachi; his destruction of a Japanese bunker and receiving the Silver Star; assault on the summit of Mount Suribachi by a forty-man column; his participation in the raising of the first U. S. flag on Mount Suribachi, February 23, 1945; combat inside the rim of Mount Suribachi; his wound on Hill 362-A and evacuation, March 1, 1945. There is an Appendix at the end of the volume that includes a photocopy of a map of Iowa Jima and copies of multiple photographs of Mr. Lindberg with other Marines on and around Mt. Suribachi.

76, [12] leaves : ill., facsims., map ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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World War II Pacific Theater Oral History Project.

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