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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
