Willard G. Triest oral history transcription
Scope and Contents
Triest, Willard G., CAPT, USN, 1905-. Family background; Education, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Joined Civil Engineer Corps, 1941; Budget and Project Officer, Quonset Point, R.I.; Helped to design and plan logistics for refueling base, Bobcat, Christmas Islands, with description of construction activities on Ascen sion Island, 1941; XO, Fifty-seventh Battalion, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 1942; Trouble Shooter, Twenty-seventh Seabee Battalion, Tulagi, including discussion of their construction pro jects on Emirau and Guadalcanal; Return to the United States, Camp Part, Calif., with Battalion 27; Okinawa, construction of roads and supply depots, during battle with the Japanese for the is land; Visit toJapan after surrender, 1945; Visit to Korea, 1945.
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- Naval War College (U.S.) (Organization)
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From the Collection: English
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