Earl Benjamin Bahr Collection

Biographical Information

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1943-1946

Entrance into Service:

Enlisted

Branch of Service:

Marine Corps

Unit of Service:

3rd Marine Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division

Location of Service:

Farragut, Idaho; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington; Camp Elliott, San Diego, California; Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Enewetak Atoll, Kwajalein Island (Marshall Islands); Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands); Iwo Jima

Battles/Campaigns:

Operation Showdown, Iwo Jima

Highest Rank:

Pharmacist's Mate Third Class

Prisoner of War:

No

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: DVD [1 item] --Oral history interview

Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] --Oral history interview

Video: DVD [1 item] --Reference copy

Interviewer:

Sarah Zook

Contributor:

Katherine Mitchell

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Montana Heritage Project

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/34857

Subjects:

Bahr, Earl Benjamin
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Marine Corps.

Cite as:

Earl Benjamin Bahr Collection
(AFC/2001/001/34857), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress