Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
5:17 | H.T. Maclin remembers how the crew of the USS Anzio learned of the atomic attacks at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the immediate aftermath.
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H.T. Maclin recalls the violent sinking of the Anzio's sister ship, USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95), in the waters off Iwo Jima.
From a ship off the coast of Iwo Jima, H.T. Maclin and others watch the Marines attempt to climb the slopes of Mt. Suribachi.
H.T. Maclin goes through the harrowing journey of Task Force 38, under the command of Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, as they get caught in the powerful Typhoon Cobra.
H.T. Maclin recalls how Typhoon Cobra caused him to bond with a fellow shipmate and take new stock of his world.
H.T. Maclin remembers how the crew of the USS Anzio learned of the atomic attacks at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the immediate aftermath.
Photos from "The Escort Carriers in Action," published in 1946 by Ruralist Press, show military action in the Pacific during WWII.
