Reminiscences of Gerald C. Thomas [electronic resource] : oral history, 1966

Biographical Note

Marine Corps officer.

Scope and Contents

Family background, education; World War I service; Haiti, 1919-21; Washington Disarmament Conference; special mission to Middle East with James Roosevelt, 1941; observation of British operations; World War II: Guadalcanal and Bougainville operations; Alexander Vandegrift Commandancy, unification fight; Marine occupation of North China; Chinese Civil War; fighting in Central Korea; Army personalities.

Subjects

• Amphibious warfare.
• Frank, Benis M., interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Korean War, 1950-1953.
• Oral histories.
• Thomas, Gerald C. (Gerald Carthrae), 1894-1984--Interviews.
• United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.
• United States. Marine Corps.
• Veterans--Interviews.
• World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, American.
• World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.

Access Conditions

Interview is in the public domain.