In February of 1942, Conlin was reassigned to the 2nd Raider Battalion, receiving additional special operations training along with a reunion with his friends from boot camp, who had taken part in other campaigns, including the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies. After engaging multiple Japanese aircraft, Conlin boarded the sinking USS West Virginia, saving it by counter-flooding it, saving multiple crew members including the ship's Executive Officer (XO) and helping to defend it and the escaping USS Nevada. While on the Lewis Guns on the PT Boat, taking down multiple Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers and Mitsubishi A6M's, eventually making its way to Battleship Row where Conlin and the crew witnessed the sinking of the USS Arizona. A Naval coxswain tells him to man a machine gun to assist it on its crossing of the Harbor. Once reaching the boat, the Chief is killed. Tommy, accompanied by a Naval Master Chief Petty Officer, regressing to the docks, fighting his way to a PT Boat. The Japanese attacked the base on December 7th, 1941.Ĭonlin had an opportunity to help multiple wounded Americans, bringing them to Naval Corpsmen and Nurses. He was enlisted in 1940, receiving basic training at MCRD San Diego that year, assigned to the battleship USS Arizona, a vessel docked in Naval Station, Pearl Harbor. He was 15 when he decided to become a Marine (a decision that his father supported but his mother seemed resistant to) after talking to a recruiter at his school. His father was a logger who worked for many hours in a day, he enjoyed fishing and canoeing, and he had a part-time job delivering groceries. He was born in Portland, Oregon on November 2, 1922. Dave Wittenberg Thomas Mitchell Conlin is the protagonist in Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault.
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