Oral History Interview with David Straus, September 17, 2001
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Transcript of an oral interview with David Straus. Straus was born in San Antonio in 1923 and finished high school at the Texas Military Institute. From there he attended Trinity University, Dartmouth and Texas A&M before dropping out to enlist in the Marine Corps in 1943. He finished Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was shipped to the Pacific early in 1945 as an officer in he First Marine Division. He eventually landed on Okinawa in May, 1945 as a replacement in charge of a rifle platoon i…
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Date:
September 17, 2001
Duration:
48 minutes 03 seconds
Creator:
Straus, David
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Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation