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Summary:

Interview with Hugh M. Robinson, a Navy veteran (Patrol-Torpedo Boat Squadron 3), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. U. S. Naval Academy, 1934-38; assignment to the carrier USS Yorktown, 1938-39; assignment to the destroyer USS Bainbridge, 1939-41; assignment to Motor Boat Submarine Chaser Squadron 1, 1941; assignment to Patrol Torpedo Squadron 2, 1941; operations around the Panama Canal, 1942; reorganization of PT Squadron 2 and his transfer to Patrol Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 for duty in the Pacific; operations around the Solomon Islands, 1942-43; his promotion to commander of PT Squadron 3, 1942; engagements against the "Tokyo Express," 1942-43; his transfer to the staff of Patrol Torpedo Boat Flotilla 1, 1943; transfer to the States, 1943, to the Motor Torpedo Boats Squadron Training Center, Newport, Rhode Island; assignment as air defense officer aboard the battleship USS Wisconsin, 1944; his description of being caught with the 3rd Fleet in a massive typhoon in the Philippine Sea, December 18, 1944; offshore bombardment for the Iwo Jima and Okinawa Campaigns, 1945; offshore bombardment of Honshu and Hokkaido; his postwar naval career.

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Hugh M., 1916-

Contributors:

Alexander, William J.

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

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Hugh M. Robinson, 1997 February 21 [by Robinson, H.M.]

Related Works:

University of North Texas oral history collection

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 1368

Subjects:

Robinson, Hugh M., 1916- — Oral history

United States Naval Academy — Oral history

Yorktown (Aircraft carrier : CV-5) — Oral history

Bainbridge (Destroyer : DD-1) — Oral history

Wisconsin (Battleship : BB-64) — Oral history

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

United States Navy — Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 2 — Oral history

United States Navy — Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 — Oral history

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

World War, 1939-1945 — Naval operations, American — Oral history

Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Japan — Okinawa Island — Oral history

Hokkaido (Japan) — History — Bombardment, 1945 — Oral history

Honshū (Japan) — History — Bombardment, 1945 — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

World War II oral history — Examples

Pacific Theater oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1997 for the World War II Pacific Theater (Island Hopping) Oral History Project. Interviewer: William J. Alexander

Physical Description:

50 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 1368

OCLC Numbers:

352920387