Oral History Interview with Martin J. Rodgers, June 22, 1988
Description:
Interview with Martin J. Rodgers, a Army WWII veteran from Butler, New Jersey, who was at the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Rodgers discusses joining the Army and training, assignment to coastal artillery at Fort Shafter, operations there, work in communications, alerts, life in the peacetime Army, the morning of December 7th and reaction to the attack, handling communications at battalion HQ, the aftermath and following days, and his subsequent service in the Pacific War. In appendix is a letter by …
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Date:
June 22, 1988
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Rodgers, Martin J.
Partner:
UNT Oral History Program