Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Lester A. Dessez : oral history, 1970.Biographical NoteMarine Corps officer.
Scope and ContentsChildhood recollections of Theodore Roosevelt, pre-World War I America; World War I enlistment in Marine Corps; terms of duty in France, Haiti, Japan, China, Washington, D.C.; World War II, commanding Defense Batallion, Samoa; duty in Office of Chief of Naval Operations, 1945-46; Guam; Japanese war criminals; Office of National Defense, Joint Staff/Joint Chiefs of Staff; recollections of Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Douglas MacArthur, General George Patton.
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