George Smith Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

George Smith

State of Birth:

AZ

Home State:

NM

Gender

Male

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War or Conflict

World War, 1939-1945

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1943-1946

Branch of Service

Marine Corps

Unit of Service

4th Marine Division

Location of Service

Saipan and Tinian (Northern Mariana Islands); Guam (Mariana Islands); Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Hawaii; Pacific Theater

Highest Rank

Corporal

Prisoner of War

No

Service History Note

The veteran was a Navajo Code Talker.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

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

Interviewer:

Carol Fleming

Interviewer:

Warren C. Salomon

Contributor:

Don Chalmers Ford

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Navajo Code Talker's Project

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/54880

Subjects:

Smith, George

World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives

United States. Marine Corps.

Cite as:

George Smith Collection
(AFC/2001/001/54880), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress