Early years, education, St. John's University, 1913-1917; World War I service in Virgin Islands; Marine Corps Institute, 1924-27; Artillery School, Fort Sill, 1927-28, Quantico, 1930-31; Army War College; prewar artillery techniques and training in Fleet Marine Force, 1935-38; Pearl Harbor, 1938-40; Tarawa, Leyte and Iwo Jima, Fifth Amphibious Corps, command of 5th Marine Division; occupation of Ja pan; Inspector General, Fleet Marien Force, Pacific.
Veterans; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; Japan History Allied occupation, 1945-1952; Bourke, Thomas Eugene, 1896-1978; United States. Marine Corps
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1969
Note (Biographical)
Marine Corps officer.
Note
Interviewed by Lloyd E. Tatem on July 16, 1969.
Note (Provenance)
United States Marine Corps, History and Museums Division, Gift 1973