Oral History Interview with Joe C. Dillon, June 6, 1980 Page: 1
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Oral History Collection
Joe Clyde DillonInterviewer: Ronald E. Marcello
Place of Interview; Arlington, TexasDr. Marcello:
Mr. Dillon:
Dr. Marcello:
Mr. Dillon:
Dr. Marcello;Mr. Dillon:
Date: June 6, 1980
This is Ron Marcello interviewing Joe Dillon for the
North Texas State Oral History Collection. The inter-
view is taking place on June 6, 1980, in Arlington,
Texas. I'm interviewing Mr. Dillon in order to get
his reminiscences and experiences and impressions while
he was aboard the cruiser,the USS Saint Louis,during
the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Mr. Dillon, to begin this interview, would you very
briefly give me a biographical sketch of yourself? In
other words, tell me when you were born, where you were
born, your education--things of that nature. Just be
very brief and general.
I was born in McNairy County, Tennessee, on April 8, 1917.
Did you go to school there in Tennessee?
I received the first six years of my education in Corinth,
Mississippi. At the age of thirteen, we moved to Ten-
nessee, and I finished my education in the Tennessee
schools.
So you were born in Tennessee, moved to Mississippi, and
then moved back to Tennessee again.
That's right, I graduated from high school at Savannah,
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Dillon, Joe Clyde. Oral History Interview with Joe C. Dillon, June 6, 1980, book, June 6, 1980; Denton, TX. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2085620/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.