Oral History Interview with Greg Cabrerra

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Greg Cabrerra. Cabrerra’s father was an engineer in the phosphate mines on Angaur, Palau, during the German and Japanese occupations on the island. Cabrerra was born on Angaur in the late 1920s and recalls his life experiences on the island, and his father’s work in the mines. Cabrerra and his mother moved to Garapan, Saipan in 1932, while his father continued work on Angaur. He recalls losing his home in Saipan in 1943 during the Japanese occupation. He and his family were moved to Gualo Rai. Cabrerra became a policeman on the island of Rota after the war. He shares his story as a child civilian during the war in Japanese-occupied Saipan