title: Oral History Interview with John O'Leary, May 4, 2018
creator: O'Leary, John
contributor: Misenhimer, Richard
contributor: Misenhimer, Gayle
publisher: National Museum of the Pacific War
date: 2018-05-04
language: English
description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with
 John O’Leary. O’Leary joined the Marine Corps in February of 1943. He
 completed Aircraft Mechanic School, and served with the 1st Marine Division.
 In February of 1944 he traveled aboard the USS Barnes (CVE-20) to Espiritu
 Santo, where he was stationed at a Marine fighter airstrip base. O’Leary
 installed water injection on Corsair planes, enhancing the performance of the
 plane. He later traveled to Guadalcanal, Tulagi and Bougainville. They
 transported Seabees. From September of 1944 through the spring of 1945, they
 participated in the Battle of Peleliu and worked on the island, where O’Leary
 served as stretcher-bearer and aircraft mechanic on P-40s and B-24s. He
 returned to the US and was discharged in mid to late 1945.
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: People - Individuals
subject: Military and War - Wars - World War II
subject: Interviews
subject: Oral histories
subject: Personal narratives
subject: Autobiographies
subject: Biographies
subject: WWII
subject: United States. Marine Corps. Division, 1st
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Vanuatu
subject: Corsair (Fighter plane)
subject: P-40 (Fighter plane)
subject: B-24 bomber
subject: Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944
relation: Oral History Interview with John O'Leary, May 4, 2018, [transcript]
 ark:/67531/metapth1607217
rights: Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives
rights: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum
 of the Pacific War.
type: Sound
format: 1 sound recording (1 hr., 16 min., 5 sec.)
format: Audio
identifier: local-cont-no: OH04958
identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu./ark:/67531/metapth1610861/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth1610861