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Summary:

Interview with Brigadier General Gordon D. Gayle, a Marine Corps veteran, concerning his experiences with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, at Guadalcanal, New Britain, and Peleliu in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

Author/Creator:

Gayle, Gordon D.

Contributors:

Marcello, Ronald E.

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

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Gordon D. Gayle, 1994 October 9 [by Gayle, G.D.]

Related Works:

University of North Texas oral history collection

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 1038

Subjects:

Gayle, Gordon D. — Oral history

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

United States Marine Corps — Marines, 5th — Battalion, 1st — Oral history

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

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Papua New Guinea — New Britain Island — Oral history

Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944 — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Pacific Area — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American — 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 1994 for the World War II Pacific War (Island Hopping) Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History, University of North Texas.

Physical Description:

45 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 1038

OCLC Numbers:

236198917