Reminiscences of Graves B. Erskine [electronic resource] : oral history, 1970

Biographical Note

Marine Corps officer.

Scope and Contents

Family background, education; World War I, France; sea and foreign duty, 1921-30; Peking, 1935-37; World War II, Attu, Kiska operations, 1941-43; Kwajalein operation; General Holland M. Smith; Saipan, Iwo Jima, Guam, 1944-45; administrator, Retraining and Reemployment Administration, Department of Labor, 1945-47; Special Joint State-Defense Survey mission to Southeast Asia, 1950; Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic: planning involvement with North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Subjects

• Erskine, Graves Blanchard, 1897-1973--Interviews.
• Frank, Benis M., interviewer.
• Interviews.
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
• Oral histories.
• United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
• United States. Department of Labor.
• United States. Marine Corps.
• Veterans--Interviews.
• World War, 1914-1918.
• World War, 1939-1945--Amphibious operations.
• World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.

Access Conditions

Interview is in the public domain.