title: Oral History Interview with Albert Bouley, June 27, 2001
creator: Cox, Floyd
creator: Bouley, Albert
publisher: National Museum of the Pacific War
date: 2001-06-27
language: English
description: Interview with Albert Bouley, a U. S. Marine during World War II.
 He discusses his enlistment in the Marines just after Pearl Harbor; his
 assignment to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division; the battle of
 Guadalcanal; malaria and dysentery; the battle of Cape Gloucester; the use of
 Pavuvu as a base; the battle of Peleliu; his return to the United States;
 guard duty at the Brooklyn Naval Yard and his service as an instructor in a
 heavy weapons school before the end of the war. He joined the Air Force 2 1/2
 years later to be able to fly and work on planes, then retire to become a
 teacher in California, and finally settled in Texas.
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Texas
subject: People - Individuals
subject: Military and War - Wars - World War II
subject: Oral histories
subject: biographies
subject: interviews
subject: WWII
subject: Bouley, Albert
subject: United States. Marine Corps
subject: Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- New Guinea
subject: Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944
subject: Artillery
coverage: Into Modern Times, 1939-Present
coverage: United States - California
coverage: United States - Texas
coverage: Solomon Islands - Guadalcanal Province
coverage: United States - New York - Kings County - New York City - Brooklyn
 Borough
coverage: Papua New Guinea
type: Sound
format: 1 sound recording : digital
format: Audio
identifier: local-cont-no: OH00136
identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth204475/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth204475