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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009

Creator

  • Interviewee: Donaldson, Albert
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Misenhimer, Richard
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Conner, Mary
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 2009-04-14

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Albert Donaldson. Donaldson talks about how the Great Depression affected his family. He joined the Navy in 1944 and provides details of his training. He traveled aboard the USS Buckingham (APA-141). They traveled to Pearl Harbor, which he describes along with his responsibilities with work parties unloading and reloading ships. He assisted with trading out old ammunition for new ammunition. He was transferred to the John Rodgers Naval Air Station in Hawaii. He worked on the Martin Mars seaplanes, repairing and test flying them. He also flew C-54s and the J-3 Piper Cub and shares his experiences. He spent the remainder of his Navy career in Hawaii and was discharged in August of 1946 and joined the reserves. While in the service he made storekeeper 3rd class. In the 1950s he was commissioned into the Air Force.
  • Physical Description: 18 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: Great Depression
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Hawaii -- Pearl Harbor
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Hawaii
  • Keyword: Ammunition
  • Keyword: Martin PBM Mariner (Seaplane)
  • Keyword: United States. Naval Reserve
  • Keyword: USS Buckingham (APA-141)

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Time Period: mod-tim
  • Coverage Date: 1944/2009-04
  • Place Name: United States - Alabama - Jefferson County - Birmingham
  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Jefferson County - Port Arthur
  • Place Name: United States - Oklahoma - Grady County - Minco
  • Place Name: United States - Alabama - Tuscaloosa County - Tuscaloosa
  • Place Name: United States - Florida - Hillsborough County - Tampa
  • Place Name: United States - Florida - Duval County - Jacksonville
  • Place Name: United States - Wisconsin - Milwaukee County - Milwaukee
  • Place Name: United States - Illinois - Cook County - Chicago
  • Place Name: United States - California - Alameda County - Alameda
  • Place Name: United States - California - San Francisco County - San Francisco
  • Place Name: United States - Hawaii - Honolulu County - Oahu Island
  • Place Name: Panama - Colón Province - Colón District - Cristóbal
  • Place Name: United States - Tennessee - Sullivan County - Bristol
  • Place Name: United States - Missouri - Warren County - Wright City
  • Place Name: Laos

Relation

  • Oral History Interview with Albert Donaldson, April 14, 2009 - ark:/67531/metapth1609393

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: OH02554
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1605584
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