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Summary:

Interview with Baine Kerr, an attorney and Marine Corps veteran, concerning his combat experiences with the 3rd Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Kerr discusses Guadacanal, his machine gun wound at Guadacanal, Kwajalein, Saipan, and his assignment to a legal office at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

Author/Creator:

Kerr, Baine P., 1919-

Contributors:

Daniels, John D. (John David), 1946-

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

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Baine P. Kerr, 1993 May 4 [by Kerr, B.P.]

Related Works:

University of North Texas oral history collection

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 947

Subjects:

Kerr, Baine P., 1919- — Oral history

United States Marine Corps — History — World War, 1939-1945 — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American — Oral history

Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 — Oral history

Kwajalein Atoll, Battle of, Marshall Islands, 1944 — Oral history

Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944 — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

World War II oral history — Examples

Pacific Theater oral history — Examples

Island hopping oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1993 for the World War II Pacific Theater (Island Hopping) Oral History Project. Interviewer: John Daniels.

Physical Description:

115 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 947

OCLC Numbers:

233824771