| Title: |
William J. Dolan
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/9749
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
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| Collection: |
Veterans History Project
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| Description: |
No armed services can exist without dentists, but they’re usually assigned to duty stations well removed from the action. When the Marines recruited Naval Reserve officer William Dolan, they didn’t intend for him to stay behind as they fought the Japanese on Saipan and Iwo Jima. Dolan went ashore, after getting a quick tutorial in administering anesthetic and treating patients for shock. He never lacked for work. His video interview includes 15 minutes of home movies shot on Iwo Jima by a fellow physician, John Libby, including footage of Dolan.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Speaker: |
Dolan, William J., 1916-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
28-May-1916
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Indianola, NE; Nebraska; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Berman, Edward
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Navy
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| Historical events discussed: |
Battle of Iwo Jima, February 19-March 16, 1945; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Iwo Jima, Japan; Japan; Mariana Islands; North America; Oceania; Pacific Ocean; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; Battle of Iwo Jima, February 19-March 16, 1945; Iwo Jima, Japan; Japan; Mariana Islands; North America; Oceania; Oral history; Pacific Ocean; U.S. Navy; United States; United States--Armed Forces; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan; World War, 1939-1945--Medical care; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0031787-35016
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