Daily newspaper from Perry, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lowell Foss. Foss was born in Reno County, Kansas in 1922 and was raised and worked on the family farm. Drafted into the United States Marine Corps in 1941, he trained at Paris Island, South Carolina and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Trained as a lineman he was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 6th Marine Division. He tells of landing on Okinawa and of the high casualties taken during the battle for Sugar Loaf Hill. He relates the experience of an encounter with a Japanese soldier in which the gun of the Japanese soldier misfired allowing Foss to kill the enemy. Eventually, Foss was wounded and evacuated to a hospital on Guam. He was there when Japan surrendered. Foss recalls the horrendous condition of the former prisoners of the Japanese as they entered the hospital following the surrender of Japan.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lowell Foss. Foss was born in Reno County, Kansas in 1922 and was raised and worked on the family farm. Drafted into the United States Marine Corps in 1941, he trained at Paris Island, South Carolina and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Trained as a lineman he was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 6th Marine Division. He tells of landing on Okinawa and of the high casualties taken during the battle for Sugar Loaf Hill. He relates the experience of an encounter with a Japanese soldier in which the gun of the Japanese soldier misfired allowing Foss to kill the enemy. Eventually, Foss was wounded and evacuated to a hospital on Guam. He was there when Japan surrendered. Foss recalls the horrendous condition of the former prisoners of the Japanese as they entered the hospital following the surrender of Japan.

Weekly newspaper from Alvin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Photograph of a scene at Foss Lake State Park.

Photograph of a scene at Foss Lake State Park.

Photograph of the Old California Road Marker, on State Highway 33.

Photograph of a scene at Foss Lake State Park.

Photograph of a scene on Dead Indian Lake, renamed Dead Warrior Lake in 2006, in the Black Kettle National Grasslands.

Photograph of a scene at the Washita National Battlefield.

Photograph of a scene at the Washita National Battlefield.

Photograph of a scene on Dead Indian Lake, renamed Dead Warrior Lake in 2006, in the Black Kettle National Grasslands.

Photograph of a scene at the Washita National Battlefield.

Photograph of a scene at the Washita National Battlefield.

Photograph of the Old California Road Marker, on State Highway 33.

Photograph of a scene at Foss Lake State Park.

Photograph of a scene at Foss Lake State Park.

Photograph of a scene at Foss Lake State Park.

Photograph of a scene at Foss Lake State Park.

Photograph of a scene at Foss Lake State Park.

Photograph of a scene at Foss Lake State Park.

Photograph of a scene at Foss Lake State Park.