Ernest M. Phillips |
| World War II, 1939-1946
Marine Corps
USS Northampton
Pacific; Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)
Corporal
DeTonti, AR
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Ernest Phillips served in the Marine Corps for five years during WWII. A corporal stationed on the USS Northampton, he witnessed many major events, including the attack on Pearl Harbor and many of the naval battles associated with the Guadalcanal campaign. In his interview he vividly describes the night the Northampton was sunk by Japanese torpedoes at the Battle of Tassafaronga, and how he was thrown overboard and forced to swim to shore.
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