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Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005

Creator

  • Interviewee: Heigel, Al
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Smith, Ned
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Gary, Eunice
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 2005-09-18

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Al Heigel. When Heigel finished high school in June, 1944, he joined the Navy at Little Rock, Arkansas and went for boot training at San Diego. He was assigned as a radar operator and reported aboard the USS Independence (CVL-22) at Pearl Harbor. Heigel describes the light carrier and its construction and features. He also speaks of the time the Independence was hit by a torpedo off Tarawa in 1943. Heigel then describes events off Okinawa: watching the USS Franklin (CV-13) being bombed off Okinawa; locating and shooting down kamikazes; describing battle stations; aircraft water landings; being in a typhoon, etc. After the war ended, the Independence served as a troop transport taking GIs back home to the US. He describes bunks in the hangar deck and arriving in Portland, Oregon. As the Independence was being prepared for the Bikini Atoll atomic tests, Heigel got off becuase he had the requisite amount of points allowing him to be discharged. He then entered the lumber business, married and raised family.
  • Physical Description: 1 sound recording (1 hr., 10 min., 24 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: United States. Navy
  • Keyword: USS Independence (CVL-22)
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Kiribati
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1944-06/2005-09
  • Place Name: United States - Arkansas - Faulkner County - Conway
  • Place Name: United States - Arkansas - Pulaski County - Little Rock
  • Place Name: United States - California - San Diego County - San Diego
  • Place Name: United States - Hawaii - Honolulu County - Honolulu
  • Place Name: Kiribati - Gilbert Islands - Tarawa Atoll
  • Place Name: United States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City
  • Place Name: Japan - Okinawa Prefecture - Okinawa Shi City - Okinawa
  • Place Name: Northern Mariana Islands - Saipan Island
  • Place Name: Northern Mariana Islands - Tinian Island
  • Place Name: Japan - Tokyo Prefecture - Tokyo
  • Place Name: Japan - Tokyo Prefecture - Iwo Jima Island
  • Place Name: United States - Oregon - Multnomah County - Portland
  • Place Name: United States - California - Los Angeles County - Los Angeles
  • Place Name: United States - California - San Francisco County - San Francisco
  • Place Name: United States - Florida - Escambia County - Pensacola
  • Place Name: United States - Tennessee - Shelby County - Memphis

Relation

  • Has Transcription: Oral History Interview with Al Hiegel, September 18, 2005, [transcript] ark:/67531/metapth1604871

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: OH01504
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1608679
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