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Title	Oral history interview with Nicholas P. Greci recorded 2008 Feb. 23
Description	Interview conducted by Jim Lyko. Nicholas P. Greci joined the U.S. Coast Guard after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He went to basic training in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY. He was then sent to St. Augustine, FL for beach patrol duty. Greci thought beach patrol was boring and requested sea duty. He was then transferred back to New York, where he was placed on destroyer escort PC 469. It was their duty to protect convoys of ships traveling from New York to England, and from Miami to Guantanamo Bay from submarine attacks. Although, they encountered submarines on almost all of the convoys, there was only one instance where a ship was hit by submarine fire. PC 469 then received orders for San Diego, Calif. In San Diego the crew was sent to amphibious school to train for duty in the Pacific. In 1944 they left from Pearl Harbor in a convoy with the 4th Marine Division to Iwo Jima. Their job in Iwo Jima was to back up the marines from the water. Greci describes seeing the battle from a thousand feet off the shore, and what the ship encountered as part of the battle. After three weeks in Iwo Jima, PC 469 was sent to Leyte Gulf to prepare for the invasion of Okinawa. On April 1, 1944 the ship again provided support off the southern shore of Okinawa. The crew encountered suicide boat attacks (Shinyo) as well as suicide swimmers. In August of 1945, Greci took a 30 day leave and returned to the United States. At this time the war ended when the atomic bomb was dropped, and he remained in the U.S. working in a separation center in San Francisco instead of returning to overseas duty. Greci was discharged in March of 1946, and spent the next two months hitchhiking home to the east coast. In 1985 he joined the Iwo Jima Survivors Association.
Coverage	1942-1946
Date Original	02/23/2008
Digital Format	video/x-ms-wmv
Duration	01:00:48
Contributors	Lyko, Jim
Software	Windows Media Player required for viewing
Access Restrictions and Permissions	No access restrictions. For permission to reproduce contact Central Connecticut State University, Center for Public Policy and Social Research at (860) 832-2976
Image Identifier	VHP2008/8
Creator/Owner	Greci, Nicholas P.
War or Conflict	World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service	United States. Coast Guard
Unit of Service	PC 469 Destroyer Escort
Rank	Gunners Mate 1st Class
Status	Veteran
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Iwo Jima World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island United States. Coast Guard. Combat Veterans Shinʾyō (Boats) Iwo Jima Survivors Association Kamikaze airplanes
Geographic Location	Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.) Miami Beach (Fla.) San Diego (Calif.) Guantánamo Bay (Cuba) Leyte Gulf (Philippines) Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan) Okinawa-shi (Japan) Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University. Center for Public Policy and Social Research
Language	eng
Relation	Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Type of Resource	Moving image
Citation	Nicholas P. Greci Papers. VHP2008/8. Veterans History Project; Central Connecticut State University, Center for Public Policy and Social Research.
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