Oral History Interview with Thomas Whitehair, October 19, 2002 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Thomas Whitehair, October 19, 2002

Creator

  • Interviewee: Whitehair, Thomas
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Johnson, Kep
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Roberts, Evan
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Roberts, Virginia
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 2002-10-19

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Thomas Whitehair. Whitehair joined the Navy in March of 1945. He served as a Storekeeper and deck hand aboard a Landing Ship Medium, traveling to Johnston Island, Midway and Kwajalein. They decommissioned the ship Manus Island and then stationed Whitehair on Guam. He completed duty at Pearl Harbor. He was sent back to the US and discharged in 1948. Whitehair re-enlisted in the Navy and retired in August of 1966.
  • Physical Description: 6 p.

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. Storekeepers
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- New Guinea
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Guam
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Hawaii -- Pearl Harbor

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Oral History Interview with Thomas Whitehair, October 19, 2002 - ark:/67531/metapth1607951

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

  • Text

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH00681
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1604139
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