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Mr. Misenhimer: My name is Richard Misenhimer, today is June 21, 2017. I am interviewing Mr. Harmon L. Moody by telephone. His phone number is 817-428-1287. His address is 7116 Harwick Lane, North Richland Hills, Texas, 76182. This interview is in support of the National Museum of the Pacific War, the Nimitz Education and Research Center, for the preservation of historical information related to World War II. Harmon, I want to thank you for taking time to do this interview today and I want to thank you for your service to our country during World War II. Mr. Moody: Well you're welcome. Mr. Misenhimer: Now the first thing I need to do is read to you this agreement with the museum to make sure this is okay with you. "Agreement Read." Is that okay with you? Mr. Moody: Yes. Mr. Misenhimer: Now the next thing I'd like to do is get an alternative contact. We find out that sometimes several years down the road try to get back in contact with a veteran he's moved or something.
So do you have a son or a daughter or someone we could contact if we needed to, to find you? Mr. Moody: Yeah, I have a grandson lives pretty close here. Mr. Misenhimer: Okay, what is his name? Mr. Moody:
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Harmon Moody. Moody quit high school and joined the Navy when he was 17 in early 1945. After recruit training, Moody was assigned to USS John W. Weeks (DD-701). Moody recalls a kamikaze attack. He also recalls going ashore at Nagasaki. When the war ended, Moody received his discharge and went into radio engineering.
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Moody, Harmon.Oral History Interview with Harmon Moody, June 24, 2017,
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June 24, 2017;
Fredericksburg, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1607150/m1/2/:
accessed July 17, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.