title: Oral History Interview with John Harrington
creator: Harrington, John
publisher: National Museum of the Pacific War
language: English
description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents a monologue with
 John Harrington. Harrington completed the V-12 Navy College Training Program
 and went on active duty in July of 1943. He completed Midshipman School in May
 of 1944. Beginning in June, he served aboard USS LCI(L)-981, making landings
 on Morotai in Indonesia and Leyte, Ormoc, Mindoro and Palawan in the
 Philippines. After the war, he traveled to China and transported 200 troops of
 the Chinese Nationalist Army to occupy Formosa (now Taiwan). Harrington served
 as the last skipper aboard the 981 and brought the ship to San Diego for
 decommission in January of 1946.
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: People - Individuals
subject: Military and War - Wars - World War II
subject: Interviews
subject: Oral histories
subject: Personal narratives
subject: Autobiographies
subject: Biographies
subject: WWII
subject: Navy V-12 Program (U.S.)
subject: United States. Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Indonesia -- Morotai Island
subject: Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Mindoro
subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Palawan Island
subject: China occupation duty
subject: USS LCI(L)-981
relation: Oral History Interview with John Harrington, [transcript]
 ark:/67531/metapth1604173
rights: Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives
rights: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum
 of the Pacific War.
type: Sound
format: 1 sound recording (2 hr., 15 min., 1 sec.)
format: Audio
identifier: local-cont-no: OH00716
identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1607985/
identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth1607985