Oral History Interview with William Porter, August 28, 2009 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with William Porter, August 28, 2009

Creator

  • Interviewee: Porter, William
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Rabalais, Larry
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Rees, Forest
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Rees, Marjorie
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 2009-08-28

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with William Porter. Porter was born in Woburn, Massachusetts 1 May 1916. After graduating from high school he worked on his father’s farm until 1940, when he enlisted in the Army. After basic training at Camp Edwards, Mississippi for thirteen weeks he took part in maneuvers in South Carolina. On 16 January 1941 he boarded a troop ship in New York City bound for Australia. Upon arrival in Melbourne, he was assigned to 81mm mortars in the Americal Division. He then went to New Caledonia. In November 1942, the division went to Guadalcanal to reinforce the 1st Marine Division. There, Porter was subjected to Japanese naval gunfire and nightly raids by Japanese bombers. After the island was secured he went to Fiji and while there he contracted malaria as well as hepatitis. He was put aboard a hospital ship and sent to the United States where he was taken to Winter General Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. After being discharged from the hospital, he was sent to Indian Gap, Pennsylvania where he guarded German prisoners of war. He was discharged in 1944.
  • Physical Description: 1 sound recording (27 min., 47 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. Army
  • Keyword: Military training
  • Keyword: United States. Army. Infantry Division, 23rd
  • Keyword: United States. Army. Americal Division
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands -- Guadalcanal
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiji
  • Keyword: Malaria
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- United States

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Has Transcription: Oral History Interview with William Porter, August 28, 2009, [transcript] ark:/67531/metapth1605670

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: OH02652
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1609481
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