Hector McNeill joined the U.S. Navy in 1943. He qualified for the Marine Corps at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. He was sent to Camp Pendleton, California for further training, and then deployed to the Pacific Theater.    McNeill served as a Navy Corpsman, participating in the invasions of Saipan, Okinawa and Iwo Jima.  He was in the Philippines preparing for the invasion of Japan when the war ended.

Transcsript Number 053 Title: Hector McNeill: Remembering World War II Interviewee: Hector McNeill Interviewer: Paul Zarback Date of Interview: March 7, 2001 Location of Interview: Whiteville, N.C. Description: 1Mini-DV Cassette Tape (c. 51 min.) sd., col. Documentation: 1 Typed Transcript Series: World War II Veterans Oral History Preservation Project Series: Voices of Experience