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Summary:

Interview with Lee Weber, a Marine Corps veteran (F Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division), concerning his experiences at Guadalcanal and Tarawa in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Prewar work experience with the United Fruit Company in Honduras; decision to join the Marine Corps Reserve, 1939, and assignment to a machine gun company in the 15th Battalion; call to active duty, October, 1940, and assignment to H Company at San Diego; his work as H Company armorer; posting to American Samoa, 1942; living conditions on Samoa; his promotion from the enlisted ranks to second lieutenant and assignment to E Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines; Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942-43; living conditions on Guadalcanal; personal attitudes toward the Japanese; rest and recuperation in New Zealand; forming of the 2nd Marine Division in New Zealand, 1943; his transfer to F Company, 8th Marines; his comments about and personal relationship with then Major Henry P. ("Jim") Crowe, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines; the Tarawa Campaign, 1943; the assault on Tarawa at "Red Beach 2"; his battle wound and evacuation. Appendix includes eight leaves from an unknown book or journal and two photocopies of Western Union telegrams.

Author/Creator:

Weber, Lee, 1919-2009

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 Lee Weber, 1999 September 23 [by Weber, L.]

Related Works:

University of North Texas oral history collection

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 1315

Subjects:

Weber, Lee, 1919-2009 — Oral history

United Fruit Company — Oral history

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

United States Marine Corps — Regiment, 8th — Oral history

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

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

Tarawa, Battle of, Kiribati, 1943 — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

World War II oral history — Examples

Pacific Theater oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1999 for the World War II Pacific Theater (Island Hopping) Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History, University of North Texas.

Physical Description:

122 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves : facsimiles ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 1315

OCLC Numbers:

320898000