World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Marshall Islands
Subject
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Clyde Everett Weeks interview and poems
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230331289]
Identifier: MSS SC 3193
Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview conducted by Richard Weeks on 3 Feb. 1985 for the Ray Hillam war project. Clyde Weeks graduated in 1942 from high school at age 16. He turned 17 later that year, and he joined the Marine Corps in 1943. He went to Hawaii in 1943 for combat training, and he participated in the invasion of the Marshall Islands. He helped establish communications. He was also involved in the invasion of Guam with the 4th Marines. On Guam, he was wounded in the leg by a hand...
Dates:
1944-1985
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections