Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Omar T. Pfeiffer : oral history, 1968.Biographical NoteMarine Corps officer.
Scope and ContentsWorld War I service; Santo Domingo, 1919-21; duties as legal officer; China, 1926-27; Quantico, 1937-41; attack on Pearl Harbor; World War II: U.S. Marine Corps Pacific operations and Navy strategy; 7th Fleet, 1947; Fleet Marine Force, Western Pacific, 1947; rise of Chinese Communists; Camp Pendleton, 1948-50. Impressions of Admirals Husband Kimmel, Chester Nimitz, Ernest King, and Jesse Cooke; and Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsInterview is in the public domain.
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