Oral History Interview with Ben Schurmeier, April 10, 2018 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Ben Schurmeier, April 10, 2018

Creator

  • Interviewee: Schurmeier, Ben
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Misenhimer, Richard
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Misenhimer, Gayle
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 2018-04-10

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ben Schurmeier. Schurmeier joined the Navy in early 1942. He served as a B-24 pilot with Photographic Squadron 1 (VD-1). Beginning in the spring of 1944 they traveled to their base at the Naval Air Station on Guam. They completed patrol and photo reconnaissance missions around the Pacific Islands, including Truk, Okinawa, Iwo Jima and Japan. Finley was discharged around October of 1945.
  • Physical Description: 38 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: B-24 bomber
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Guam
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Islands of the Pacific
  • Keyword: Truk (Micronesia)
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island
  • Keyword: Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Photography
  • Keyword: United States. Navy. Photographic Squadron 1 (VD-1)

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Oral History Interview with Ben Schurmeier, April 10, 2018 - ark:/67531/metapth1610856

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: OH04950
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1607212
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