Oral History Interview with Henry Trowbridge Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Henry Trowbridge

Creator

  • Interviewee: Trowbridge, Henry
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Graham, Eddie
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

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

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Henry Trowbridge. Trowbridge joined the Marine detachment of the Navy V-12 program in 1943. By 1944 he had completed both academic and military courses. Upon completing boot camp, Advanced Infantry School in North Carolina and being accepted into the Officer Candidate School at Quantico, Trowbridge was commissioned as a second lieutenant. By that time the war in the Pacific had ended. He traveled to Tientsin, China, and was stationed in Peking with Headquarters Company of the 5th Marine Regiment. His job was to help repatriate the more than 600,000 soldiers and Korean civilians of the Japanese reserve army stationed in North China. Trowbridge returned to the US and was discharged around 1946.
  • Physical Description: 1 sound recording (20 min., 0 sec.)

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: Navy V-12 Program (U.S.)
  • Keyword: China occupation duty
  • Keyword: United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 1st. Marines, 5th

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Has Transcription: Oral History Interview with Henry Trowbridge, [transcript] ark:/67531/metapth1604598

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

  • Sound

Format

  • Audio

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH01206
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1608409
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