Oral History Interview with Bryghte Godbold Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Bryghte Godbold

Creator

  • Interviewee: Godbold, Bryghte
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Sesling, Michael
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

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

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bryghte Godbold. Godbold joined the Marine Corps in 1939 and received basic training in Philadelphia. He served aboard the USS Pensacola (CA-24) in Hawaiian and Alaskan waters before being stationed on Wake Island. He surrendered to the Japanese on 23 December 1941 and was sent to a prisoner-of-war camp outside of Shanghai. There he served as the recreation officer, managing athletic fields and equipment, as well as the library. Food scarcity depleted the men’s interest in athletics over time, but otherwise conditions and treatment were fair. Godbold spoke very highly of James Devereux, whose character and dress were always impeccable and professional, even during the period of imprisonment.
  • Physical Description: 20 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. Marine Corps. Defense Battalion, 1st
  • Keyword: Devereux, James P. S. (James Patrick Sinnott), 1903-1988
  • Keyword: Woosung (Prisoner of war camp)
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- China
  • Keyword: Shanghai (China)
  • Keyword: Prisoner of War
  • Keyword: Wake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Oral History Interview with Bryghte Godbold - ark:/67531/metapth1609958

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: OH03460
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1606151
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