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Oral History Interview with Lile Springs, December 20, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lile Springs. Springs was born 14 April 1925, in Hope, Arkansas. He worked on a farm with his father until 1943. He received a draft notice, though after his examinations he received a 4-F classification, unfit for military service. Springs went on to welding school in Little Rock. He later worked on welding war ships in Mobile at the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, and in Bremerton, Washington at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. I… more
Date: December 20, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Springs, Lile
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Lile Springs, December 20, 2015

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lile Springs. Springs was born 14 April 1925, in Hope, Arkansas. He worked on a farm with his father until 1943. He received a draft notice, though after his examinations he received a 4-F classification, unfit for military service. Springs went on to welding school in Little Rock. He later worked on welding war ships in Mobile at the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, and in Bremerton, Washington at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. I… more
Date: December 20, 2015
Creator: Springs, Lile
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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