Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945 -- Personal narratives
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Lawrence C. Vincent papers
Collection
Identifier: COU:1644
Abstract
Lawrence C. Vincent (b. 1930) graduated in 1943 from the U.S. Navy Japanese/Oriental Language School at the University of Colorado in Boulder. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps and participated in the World War II campaigns of Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. For his gallantry as a Japanese language officer on Iwo Jima, he was awarded the Bronze Star. At the end of the war, Vincent volunteered to serve in Japan with the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey. From his...
Dates:
1942 - 2003