Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
2:55 | Mack Abbott receives orders from Commanding Officer Kurtz to capture a prisoner so word could be sent to the Japanese that Saipan and Tinian had fallen to the Americans. Upon returning from the mission, Colonel Tibbetts makes a groundbreaking announcement to the men at the camp.
Keywords : Japanese POW Pacific Marine Army Tibbetts Saipan Tinian
Mack Abbott describes his immediate, instinctive reaction to the attack on Pearl Harbor as well as the gruesome scenes of helping injured men to nearby hospitals.
Mack Abbott describes the gruesome scenes on the island of Tinian in which Japanese soldiers and civilians committed suicide to escape the American assault.
