Oral History Interview with Lester Meis, January 12, 2001 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Lester Meis, January 12, 2001

Creator

  • Interviewee: Meis, Lester
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Riesz, Peter
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Rothenberg, Quaverly H
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 2001-01-12

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Lester Meis. Meis joined the Navy in January 1943 and received basic training in San Diego. He then received hospital corpsman training and was transferred to the Medical Field Service School at Camp Pendleton. Upon completion, he was assigned to a field sanitation unit attached to the 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Division. At their base in Maui he surveyed latrines, dental clinics, and food preparation areas. He participated in D-Day at Saipan, unsure of what role to perform in combat. In Garapan he was commandeered by the Marines to help open a vault at Yokohama Specie Bank; afterward, soldiers were lighting cigars with 100-yen notes. Meis was sent to Aiea Heights after developing bronchitis and was mistakenly diagnosed with asthma. He was given a medical discharge in December 1944, which extended his benefits under the GI Bill. Meis earned three college degrees before the misdiagnosis was caught.
  • Physical Description: 1 sound recording (48 min., 57 sec.)

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 -- Hospital corpsmen
  • Keyword: United States. Marine Corps. Division, 4th
  • Keyword: Camp Maui (Hawaii)
  • Keyword: Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944
  • Keyword: Combat
  • Keyword: Aiea Naval Hospital
  • Keyword: United States. Navy -- Medical care
  • Keyword: United States. Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Has Transcription: Oral History Interview with Lester Meis, January 12, 2001, [transcript] ark:/67531/metapth1605215

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

  • Sound

Format

  • Audio

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH01928
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1609025
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