Oral History Interview with Vernon Hanks, March 7, 1998
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The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Chaplain Vernon Hanks. Hanks was born in Sterling, Kansas on 21 November 1908. He joined the National Guard doing drills with horse-drawn caissons and French 75s while attending Sterling College in Kansas. He graduated in 1931 and then attended the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, graduating in 1940 with a Master of Theology. Hanks joined the Navy after Pearl Harbor and received orders for Naval Chaplains School (NCS), No…
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March 7, 1998
Creator:
Hanks, Vernon
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National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation