Oral History Interview with James William Harrison, January 27, 2005
Description:
Interview with James William "Bill" Harrison, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He explains how he joined the navy in San Diego without going to boot camp. He worked on an oil tanker that shipped out to Pearl Harbor a month after the attack there and transported fuel out of San Diego to various ships at sea. He was then transfered to Admiral Nimitz's public relations department. There he and two others wrote stories about the action in the Pacific theater, particularly about t…
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Date:
January 27, 2005
Duration:
58 minutes 50 seconds
Creator:
Parish, Brainerd & Harrison, James William
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Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation