- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Harry Lamar Lassiter
- Creator:
- Boone, Jack W.
Lassiter, Harry Lamar, 1926-2006 - Date of Original:
- 2006-04-07
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Atomic bomb
Hartsfield, Roy Thomas, 1925-2011
Lassiter, Aubrey Hagood, 1918-1994
Lassiter, Doyle M., 1913-1978
Atherton, L. Howard, 1926-1977
American Legion
National World War II Museum - Location:
- Indonesia, Borneo, 1.0, 114.0
Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province, Stringer Bay
United States, Arizona, Pima County, Tucson, 32.22174, -110.92648
United States, California, San Francisco County, Treasure Island, 37.82465, -122.37108
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Maryland, Calvert County, Solomons, 38.31846, -76.45412 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
vhs - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Harry Lassiter recalls his time in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II. He chose the Navy because he liked the water and felt like he couldn't dig a foxhole fast enough. He recalls arriving at Great Lakes Naval Training Center in the winter with only a sweater and recalls the respect he felt for Chief Petty Officer Johnson. He served on landing craft, tank (LCT 1327), where his job was to operate the gas motor that raised and lowered the ramp. He describes how they would run cables out to the beach to Caterpillar tractors to hold the LCT in place. He relates being part of a 500 ship convoy and being a witness to the peace treaty after the surrender at Borneo. By this time he had earned enough points to be rotated out and returned to San Diego aboard a troop ship, and he describes how happy he was to be back in the United States. He recalls shortages of supplies while on the LCT, which only had a small refrigerator for eighteen men and two officers; they ate a lot of powdered potatoes, eggs and milk. He describes the crew as being like a big family and that they counted on each other; aboard ship they didn't have to be in uniform. He relates a training incident, a near-collision with a Liberty ship that happened at night under blackout conditions. He describes his postwar education and career.
Harry Lassiter was in the Navy in the Pacific during World War II. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/243
- 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:
- 21:04
- 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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