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Oral History Interview with Lloyd Gossell, March 21, 2001

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Transcript of an interview with Lloyd Gossell, a Marine Corps veteran (A Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Regiment, 5th Marine Division), concerning his experiences during the assault on Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945. Gossell discusses his enlistment and boot camp, San Diego, California, 1942; assignment to the 3rd Marine Parachute Battalion, 1942; jungle training on New Caledonia, 1942-43; transfer to Guadalcanal, 1943; combat on Bougainville, 1943-44; return to the States to help form the 5th Marine Division; final training, Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, 1944-45; briefings and meetings en route to Iwo Jima; the pre-invasion bombardment of Iwo Jima; the initial assault on February 17, 1945; conditions on Green Beach; the assault across terraces to the base of Mount Suribachi; isolating Mount Suribachi from the rest of the island; transfer to the north end of Iwo Jima and combat on Hill 362-A; combat in "Death Valley"; occupation of Japan. Appendix includes a map of the landings for the invasion of Iwo Jima.
Date: March 21, 2001
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Gossell, Lloyd
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Minutes: WASP Historic Committee Meeting, March 21, 1991] (open access)

[Minutes: WASP Historic Committee Meeting, March 21, 1991]

Minutes for the WASP Historic Committee meeting including a financial report, Amon Carter Museum report, committee assignments, and updates on the WASP monument.
Date: March 21, 1991
Creator: Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bill Overall, March 21, 1977 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bill Overall, March 21, 1977

Interview with Bill Overall, businessman and U.S. Army WWII veteran, concerning his experiences at the Schofield Barracks with the 21st Infantry, G Company during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Date: March 21, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Overall, William, 1915-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Soldiers at Table]

Photograph of MSgt. James Sedgwick, Leonard Obery, and Fred A. Covalt seated at a small table.
Date: March 21, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Letter from Captain George E. Madter to Captain Charles R. Griggs, March 21, 1945]

Letter from Captain George E. Madter to Charles R. Griggs regarding Madter's new four-month-old daughter and the "old gang." Madter asks Griggs if he has kept up with any of the old gang and asks "what do you hear from your little gal in Texas?" Madter is also apologetic for not being the best correspondent and the fact that this letter is so short.
Date: March 21, 1945
Creator: Madter, George E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 21, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his Parents, March 21, 1944]

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to his parents Clara and John T. Willis, Sr. on March 21, 1944. He reports the receipt of several letters from them, and sends his condolences for one of them who recently had a tooth pulled. He comments that he needs to get one or two teeth filled soon. He is planning on taking Wilbur Crawford to a U.S.O. show soon, and tells his parents to inform Mrs. Crawford, Wilbur's mother, that he'll probably be put in a unit in the rear once he's well enough.
Date: March 21, 1944
Creator: Willis, John Todd, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Purchase Receipt for W. E. Forester, March 21, 1944] (open access)

[Purchase Receipt for W. E. Forester, March 21, 1944]

Purchase receipt issued to W. E. Forester after he purchased a gas stove. The receipt has information about Forester's address, number of items bought, the type of stove he bought, and is signed by James M. Kyle in the bottom right corner.
Date: March 21, 1944
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Investigation Report from George Woods, March 21, 1943] (open access)

[Investigation Report from George Woods, March 21, 1943]

Investigation Report from George Woods containing a copy of an attached signed statement by one Logan Pierson for the case of U.S. vs. Plosser et al.
Date: March 21, 1943
Creator: Woods, George
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to family, March 21, 1943?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to family, March 21, 1943?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her family discussing getting out of sick bay, being in charge of other student pilots, liberty, a visit from Phil Kafka(?), and wash-outs.
Date: 1943-03-21?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History