Oral History Interview with Franklin Pomroy, October 25, 2003
Description:
The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral history with Franklin Pomroy. Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Pomroy, aged 17, joined the US Marine Corps. After completing boot camp he was sent to Camp Lejeune and assigned to H Company 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. He presents a riveting narrative of combat conditions, death, destruction, jungle diseases and man’s inhumanity to man that he witnessed on the islands of Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and Pel…
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Date:
October 25, 2003
Duration:
1 hour 21 minutes 44 seconds
Creator:
Pomroy, Franklin
Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation