Reminiscences of Samuel R. Shaw : oral history, 1970.

Biographical Note

Marine Corps officer.

Scope and Contents

Enlisted service, 1928-1930; Naval Academy, 1930-1934; early Marine Corps training and assignments; Pearl Harbor, 1940-1943; Okinawa, occupation of North China; unification debate; Advanced Research Group, Quantico 1953-1954; Korea 1953-1954; legislative matters affecting Marine Corps, Ribbon Creek affair; Commanding General, Landing Force Training Unit, Pacific 1959-1962; staff director, Programs and Preparedness Subcommittee, Senate Armed Forces Committee.

Subjects

• Frank, Benis M., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Korean War, 1950-1953.
• Military education.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Shaw, Samuel R.--Interviews.
• United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Forces Committee.
• United States. Marine Corps.
• Veterans--Interviews.
• World War, 1939-1945.

Access Conditions

Interview is in the public domain.