- Collection:
- Rendezvous with Destiny: World War II Oral Histories
- Title:
- World War Two oral history interviews : interview with Sheldon Moore, September 6, 1994 / produced by Athens-Clarke County Library
- Creator:
- Moore, Sheldon
- Publisher:
- Athens, Georgia : Athens-Clarke County Library
- Date of Original:
- 1994-09-06
- Subject:
- Veterans--Georgia
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Georgia
United States. Navy
World War, 1939-1945--Brazil
World War, 1939-1945--Panama
Panama Canal (Panama)
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan - People:
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
moving images - Type:
- Moving Image
- Description:
- Sheldon Moore joined the Navy in January 1942 and was assigned to basic training in Norfolk, VA. He served on a minesweeper off of Brazil and in the Panama Canal until mid 1943. He served on the USS Haynesworth out of New York and went on a "shakedown" cruise off of Bermuda. His unit escorted Churchill and FDR on the Queen Mary to Nova Scotia. He later joined Admiral Halsey's fleet in the South Pacific. This unit ferried Marines to Iwo Jima and made strikes in January 1945 on Tokyo.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR5ID6oPXI4&list=PLHODIJfoHwXMkA4eAo6S365Kglr0Rctc3&index=12
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 interview (circa 86 min.) : sound, color
- Holding Institution:
- Athens-Clarke County Library
- Rights:
-
