Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
2:51 | Mr. Goodwin discusses capturing and transporting Japanese prisoners from New Guinea to the United States.
Mr. Goodwin discusses capturing and transporting Japanese prisoners from New Guinea to the United States.
Mr. Goodwin describes witnessing U.S. Coast Guard-manned cargo ship USS Etamin sink near the harbor of New Guinea.
Mr. Goodwin describes crossing paths with a Japanese submarine while in route to Hollandia and explains how one of the soldiers boarded an American ship.
Mr. Goodwin discusses experiencing head hunters selling pictures of decapitated Japanese soldiers on an island in the Pacific.
Mr. Goodwin describes a gambling ring that he and his fellow sailors used on their way back to the States.
Mr. Goodwin discusses the tragic loss of a sailor who committed suicide on the way back home.
