Oral History Interview with Charles Borchers, October 24, 2000
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The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Charles Borchers. Borchers joined the Army in September 1944 and received training at Camp Hood and Fort Ord. His first combat duty was in the Luzon campaign, where he was stationed in the mountains north of Manila. There he was assigned to the 112th Cavalry Regiment. His platoon devised an alarm system out of barbed wire and tin cans to alert them to Japanese infiltration. They fired 15,000 rounds when a water buffalo stumb…
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Date:
October 24, 2000
Creator:
Borchers, Charles
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National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation