title: Oral History Interview with Ervin Vernon, November 3, 2012
creator: Vernon, Ervin
contributor: Grinslade, Robert
publisher: National Museum of the Pacific War
date: 2012-11-03
language: English
description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with
 Ervin Vernon. Vernon joined the Navy in September of 1942. He served as a
 Fireman and Machinist Mate aboard USS Claxton (DD-571). They traveled to New
 Caledonia, Manus Island in New Guinea and participated in the invasion of the
 Philippines and the Battle of Leyte Gulf in late 1944. Vernon shares numerous
 details of his work in, and the function of, the boiler room. In May of 1945,
 they conducted radar picket duty off the coast of Okinawa. Vernon was
 discharged in December of 1945.
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. Navy -- Fireman
subject: United States. Navy -- Machinist's mates
subject: USS Claxton (DD-571)
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- New Caledonia
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- New Guinea
subject: Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island
rights: Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives
rights: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum
 of the Pacific War.
type: Text
format: 99 p.
format: Text
identifier: local-cont-no: OH03824
identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu./ark:/67531/metapth1606469/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth1606469