Oral History Interview with Keith Healy, November 11, 2004 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Keith Healy, November 11, 2004

Creator

  • Interviewee: Healy, Keith
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Misenhimer, Richard
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Granger, Christa
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War
    Place of Publication: Fredericksburg, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2004-11-11

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Keith Healy. Healy was born in Sterling, Illinois on 23 May 1920. He signed up with the Navy as a yeoman in June 1941 and was assigned to the USS New Mexico (BB-40) serving under Lieutenant Commander Rosenthal. He spent the first few months running convoys to England then sailed through the Panama Canal to the Pacific where he served on staff for Admiral Nimitz at Pearl Harbor. He later moved on to Guam with Nimitz. Healy worked for the operations office for Commodore Curtis. Chief Petty Officer Healy had the opportunity to see officers come and go to meetings while at CINCPAC. Among them were Halsey, McCain, General MacArthur, Admiral Byrd, Admiral McMorris and Admiral Nimitz. Healy admired Admiral Nimitz for his modesty and always regretted not getting his photo taken with him.
  • Physical Description: 33 p.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Interviews
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Oral histories
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Personal narratives
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Autobiographies
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Biographies
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Keyword: United States. Navy
  • Keyword: USS New Mexico (BB-40)
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Hawaii -- Pearl Harbor
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Guam

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Oral History Interview with Keith Healy, November 11, 2004 - ark:/67531/metapth1608589

Collection

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
    Code: NMPW
  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
    Code: NMPWA

Institution

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
    Code: NMPW

Rights

  • Rights License: by-nc-nd
  • Rights Statement: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum of the Pacific War.

Resource Type

  • Text

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH01398
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1604777
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