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Oral History Interview with Jack Preston, March 6, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Preston. After discovering that he was not the right size for the Army Air Corps, Preston joined the Marine Corps around the time the war began. He was assigned to the 2nd Marine Division as a rifleman. His first combat experience occurred on Tarawa, where he was one of the first ashore. After wading through waist-deep water, he crawled along a coconut log wall and had an uncomfortably close encounter with an enemy comb… more
Date: March 6, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Preston, Jack
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Jack Preston, March 6, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Preston. After discovering that he was not the right size for the Army Air Corps, Preston joined the Marine Corps around the time the war began. He was assigned to the 2nd Marine Division as a rifleman. His first combat experience occurred on Tarawa, where he was one of the first ashore. After wading through waist-deep water, he crawled along a coconut log wall and had an uncomfortably close encounter with an enemy comb… more
Date: March 6, 2008
Creator: Preston, Jack
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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