Oral history interview of Archie Franklin Trundle

In this interview, Archie Franklin Trundle describes his experiences as a United States Marine in the Pacific during World War II. He describes his childhood during the Depression and his entry into the Corps even though he was underage. He relates his training and life in the Pacific. He details landings at several islands. Included in his duties was bringing out the wounded. He describes life during the rainy season and watching movies in the rain. His amphibious tractors were the only thing that could move in the subsequent muddy terrain. He describes being served steak and eggs on the mornings of invasions; he only ate the first one. He describes the mass suicide of local citizens at the cliffs of Saipan. He recalls using flamethrowers in caves. He remembers having bad nightmares after arriving home. His unit was preparing for the invasion of Japan at the time the atomic bomb was dropped. He conveys his feelings about those who were killed in the war.||Drill; drill instructor; boat crew; tow targets; amphibious tractor; coral reefs; LST; maintenance; storms; appendicitis; mosquitoes; dengue fever; tents; corpsman; rainy season; concrete pillbox; service dogs; floating reserve; resupply; mass suicides; flamethrowers; tracer ammo; kamikaze; softball teams; fresh milk; K-rations; separation center; boat basin; courtship; correspondence;||Archie Trundle was a United States Marine in the Pacific during World War II.