Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Graves B. Erskine : oral history, 1970.Biographical NoteMarine Corps officer.
Scope and ContentsFamily 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.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsInterview is in the public domain.
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