Oral History Interview with Ervin Vernon, November 3, 2012 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Ervin Vernon, November 3, 2012

Creator

  • Interviewee: Vernon, Ervin
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Grinslade, Robert
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 2012-11-03

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content 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.
  • Physical Description: 99 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. Navy -- Fireman
  • Keyword: United States. Navy -- Machinist's mates
  • Keyword: USS Claxton (DD-571)
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- New Caledonia
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- New Guinea
  • Keyword: Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Oral History Interview with Ervin Vernon, November 3, 2012 - ark:/67531/metapth1610124

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: OH03824
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1606469
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