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Oral History Interview with Albert Finley, April 11, 2006

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Finley. Finley joined the Marine Corps around December of 1943. He provides vivid details of his boot camp experiences. He served with Headquarters Company, 4th Marines, as a radar mechanic on Corsairs, repairing radio and radar gear. Beginning in September of 1944 they traveled to Guam, Kwajalein, Pearl Harbor and Majuro in the Marshall Islands. Finley shares a number of anecdotal stories, including working with POWs. He … more
Date: April 11, 2006
Creator: Finley, Albert

T-N-T

Description: Typed account "T-N-T" of bombing of USS Marathon at Okinawa on July 22, 1945, written by Kenneth E. Haden of the ship's crew. Included with the document is an envelope addressed to Mrs. Silas Haden with handwritten notes including "Kenneth account of Bombing."
Date: October 11, 1945
Creator: Haden, Kenneth E.
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