Oral History Interview with Clinton Shoppe, December 14, 2013 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Clinton Shoppe, December 14, 2013

Creator

  • Interviewee: Shoppe, Clinton
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Metzler, Ed
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Matras, Kathy
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 2013-12-14

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Clinton Shoppe. Shoppe joined the Navy in 1943. In early 1944 he served on the deck force and the 14-inch guns aboard the USS California (BB-44). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, and participated in bombardments during the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, the Philippines Campaign, and the Battles of Leyte Gulf and Lingayen Gulf. Shoppe shares his experiences through a kamikaze attack on the California. He returned to the US and received his discharge in December of 1945.
  • Physical Description: 1 sound recording (55 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. Navy
  • Keyword: Kamikaze airplanes
  • Keyword: USS California (BB-44)
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Hawaii -- Pearl Harbor
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Mariana Islands
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Palau
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Leyte

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Has Transcription: Oral History Interview with Clinton Shoppe, December 14, 2013, [transcript] ark:/67531/metapth1606636

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: OH04086
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1610287
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