title: Oral History Interview with Warren Deciores, January 4, 2001
creator: Deciores, Warren
contributor: Petty, Bruce
contributor: Gary, Eunice
publisher: National Museum of the Pacific War
date: 2001-01-04
language: English
description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with
 Warren Deciores. Deciores was born in1909 and joined the Navy in 1928. He
 completed Hospital Corpsman School, graduating in June of 1929. He worked in
 the operating room of a hospital on Mare Island for his basic training duty.
 He later moved into administration. From 1935 through 1937, Deciores completed
 two years of medical work on Guam, including providing care to the island
 natives. He would pick up supplies in China for his work on the island. In
 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Deciores was stationed at the
 Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, in Virginia. He additionally served aboard
 the hospital ships, USS Refuge (AH-11) and USS Relief (AH-1). He traveled
 through both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. He continued his service after
 the war ended and retired in February of 1959.
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 -- Hospital corpsmen
subject: Military hospitals, American
subject: United States Naval Hospital (Mare Island, California)
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Guam
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- China
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
subject: Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (Virginia)
subject: USS Refuge (AH-11)
subject: USS Relief (AH-1)
relation: Oral History Interview with Warren Deciores, January 4, 2001,
 [transcript] ark:/67531/metapth1604188
rights: Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives
rights: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum
 of the Pacific War.
type: Sound
format: 1 sound recording (1 hr., 7 min., 46 sec.)
format: Audio
identifier: local-cont-no: OH00737
identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu./ark:/67531/metapth1608001/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth1608001