This is from the San Diego Historical Association ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM An interview with Joaquin (Jack) S. Theodore, 1905- done on February 29, 1992
It contains the audio file . He was a crew member of the "Uncle Sam" used in the Solomon Islands. His ship was landing Marines behind Japanese lines when the boat was sunk ans he was wounded. http://libraries.ucsd.edu/ark:/20775/bb7134312z/1-1.html Eric Edgar On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Herb <herbandj...@verizon.net> wrote: > 73 years ago... December 7, 1941 after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, 47 > Portuguese Tuna boats were converted into war ships and 600 > Portuguese/Azoreans in San Diego and Hawaii were commissioned to serve the > United States. Azorean Fishermen became American warriors.Today we pay > Tribute to their courage and contribution to this country! > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.