title: Oral History Interview with Jack Matthews, August 3, 2009
creator: Matthews, Jack
contributor: Lindley, James
publisher: National Museum of the Pacific War
date: 2009-08-03
language: English
description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview
 with Jack Matthews. Matthews was born in Houston, Texas in 1925. Soon after
 graduating from high school, he joined the US Merchant Marine. In October 1943
 he was sent to Pass Christian, Mississippi to begin three months of engineer
 training. After completing the course he was assigned to a US T2 tanker whose
 mission was to carry fuel oil for naval ships in the Pacific. His ship ran
 aground at New Guinea. Unable to be freed by other means, the ship was forced
 to transfer its cargo of fuel oil to another tanker thus allowing the ship to
 float free. Later his ship was sent to refuel the USS Boise CL-47). After
 being at sea for eight months, Matthews returned to the United States and
 attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy, graduating with a
 commission.
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: People - Individuals
subject: Military and War - Wars - World War II
subject: Interviews
subject: Oral histories
subject: Personal narratives
subject: Autobiographies
subject: Biographies
subject: WWII
subject: United States Merchant Marine
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Fuel supplies
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- New Guinea
subject: United States Merchant Marine Academy
rights: Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives
rights: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum
 of the Pacific War.
type: Text
format: 8 p.
format: Text
identifier: local-cont-no: OH02642
identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu./ark:/67531/metapth1605660/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth1605660