Oral History Interview with Tom Schicher, October 25, 2003 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Tom Schicher, October 25, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Tom Schicher. Schicher joined the Marine Corps in March of 1944. He served as a rifleman and mortarman, and deployed to Hawaii as a replacement. They traveled to the Russell Islands and Guadalcanal practicing maneuvers. He participated in the Battle of Okinawa. After the war ended, he was assigned to occupation duty in China. Schicher returned to the US and was discharged around 1946.
Date: October 25, 2003
Creator: Schicher, Tom
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Tom Schicher, October 25, 2003 transcript

Oral History Interview with Tom Schicher, October 25, 2003

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Tom Schicher. Schicher joined the Marine Corps in March of 1944. He served as a rifleman and mortarman, and deployed to Hawaii as a replacement. They traveled to the Russell Islands and Guadalcanal practicing maneuvers. He participated in the Battle of Okinawa. After the war ended, he was assigned to occupation duty in China. Schicher returned to the US and was discharged around 1946.
Date: October 25, 2003
Creator: Schicher, Tom
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History