Oral History Interview with Thomas Jeter, February 20, 2010 Page: 1

                                
Thomas Jeter Oral History Interview

ED METZLER:    This is Ed Metzler. Today is February the 20th,
2010. I'm interviewing Mr. Tom Jeter, in Fredericksburg,
Texas, at the Nimitz Museum. This interview is in support
of the Center of Pacific War Studies archives for the
National Museum of the Pacific War, Texas Historical
Commission, for the preservation of historical information
related to this site. I want to start out, Tom, by
thanking you for coming up here to share your story with
us. And I'd like to kick it off --
THOMAS JETER: Thank you.
EM: -- by having you introduce yourself and tell us when and
where you were born, and then we'll take it from there.
TJ: OK, well, my birth was in Richmond, Virginia. And we lived
in Ashland, Virginia. And my obstetrician's name was M.
Pierce Rucker. He was a friend of my grandfather, who was
a doctor. And when he delivered me, he told my mother,
"I've already picked his middle name." So she named me
after her brother, who had recently died -- Tom. And that
was my beginning. And...

EM: What was your date of birth?
TJ: My date of birth was April the 25th, 1925.
EM: OK. So, did you grow up there in Virginia, or...

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