Oral History Interview with William Sloman Page: 57
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it and feel it like it used to be, but it's right here is
where...
MC: But this, this wound basically didn't heal properly during
all that time that you were --
WS: The wound healed. Now, my left side was paralyzed. And
they, -- when I -- the last thing I'd heard was Marshall
hollering to McKinstry. But the next thing that I heard
was Bill Raymond hollering to the pharmacist's mate, "Hey,
Vaale, Sloman is still alive." And I came to. Vaale came
over and they put me on a stretcher and was going to haul
me out of this stubble, where I was, and Captain Platt gave
the word for everybody on a new channel that the Japs were
coming down the middle of the island. And he was going to
catch them in a crossfire, where they would have to --
there's only one place for them to cross.
It turned out to be General Devereux, or Major General, so
that it was the surrender. Well, a few Japs came along and
took me off of the stretcher and they took it to startpicking up their dead. Then I'm sitting there and all of a
sudden you hear all this jabbering and all the rifles up on
their shoulders, pointing at me, and it's obvious they want
me to come out. Lieutenant McAlister intervened and
convinced them that I was wounded. So they let him come in57
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Oral History Interview with William Sloman (Sound)
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with William Sloman. Sloman joined the Marine Corps in October of 1939. Beginning early in 1940, he served in the 1st Defense Battalion, D Battery. In February of 1941, he deployed to Hawaii. In December, Sloman participated in the Battle of Wake Island. He was captured by the Japanese, survived transport aboard the hell ship Asama Maru and imprisonment in Zentsuji POW Camp in Japan. He was liberated in 1945, and discharged in early 1946.
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Sloman, William. Oral History Interview with William Sloman, text, Date Unknown; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1606153/m1/57/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.