- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of John Elliott Galloway
- Creator:
- Lowance, David
Galloway, John Elliott, 1920-2008 - Date of Original:
- 2004-10-18
- Subject:
- Physical fitness
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Tunney, Gene, 1897-1978
Galloway, Jeff, 1945-
Thorpe, Matt
Japan. Kaigun. Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kogekitai
Wake Forest University
Westminster Schools (Atlanta, Ga.)
Galloway School (Atlanta, Ga.)
United States. Navy. Naval Technical Training Center
Ridgecrest Camp for Boys (N.C.)
Aylwin (Destroyer : DD-355)
Kamikaze - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Georgia, Colquitt County, Moultrie, 31.17991, -83.78906
United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
United States, Virginia, City of Norfolk, 36.89126, -76.26188 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
mini-dv - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Elliott Galloway recalls his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He recalls his childhood during the Depression, where "everyone had plenty to eat" because of their farm, and how "everyone supported each other." He recalls that no one in his family had ever been to college, and that he was the first of his cousins to graduate from high school, earning a partial scholarship to college. When they heard of the attack on Pearl Harbor, most people wondered where Pearl Harbor was. Most of his friends enlisted right away. He lost a friend who flew in the air raids to the Ploesti oilfields in Romania so he volunteered for fleet duty. He served on submarine patrols that provided plane and destroyer escorts in the Atlantic, sailing off the coast of South America to the Ascension Islands to England. He reports that they did sink some subs and that the convoys made it to their destination. He still felt that he wanted more, so he put pressure on the Navy's Bureau of Personnel (BUPERS) to be transferred to a destroyer. He reports feeling like Henry Fonda in "Mr. Roberts:" he just wanted to get into the action. He describes picking up survivors from the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and remembers it as "the most horrible experience” he had. After the war, he was in San Francisco when the United Nations was established, and he helped establish a training program for sailors going to Vietnam on the USS Lexington. He established the Galloway School in Atlanta.
Elliott Galloway was an officer in the U.S. Navy during World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/170
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 39:47
- Original Collection:
- Veterans History Project oral history recordings
Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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