Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. Johns, 47.561701, -52.715149Indonesia, Jayapura, -2.5387539, 140.7037389United States, Florida, Escambia County, Pensacola, 30.42131, -87.21691United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383United States, Georgia, Troup County, LaGrange, 33.03929, -85.03133United States, Hawaii, Kahului, 20.8894101, -156.4727118United States, Maryland, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, 38.27936485, -76.4274447050225United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092United States, Washington, Kitsap County, Bremerton, 47.56732, -122.63264Lowance, DavidRidley, John H., 1914-2005; Ridley, Peggy T., 1919-20062004-07-12In this interview, John and Peggy Ridley describe their experiences during World War II. John describes his pre-med education and his desire to join the Medical Corps when war broke out. When that request was denied, he went to Washington and the office of Admiral Nimitz to secure the appointment. He was serving on a destroyer in a convoy shipping aviation gasoline to Russia when it was attacked by a German submarine. He attended school to become a flight surgeon, pinned on his wings and married his wife in 1943. He served on a carrier in the Pacific and describes his participation there, telling stories both harrowing and humorous. Peggy describes her work in New York and how she became a cover girl on Life magazine. She reminds John of an incident when he fell overboard in the north Atlantic and other stories.John Ridley was a flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Peggy Ridley worked in New York during the war.video/quicktimehttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Veterans History Project oral history recordingsVeterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History CenterWorld War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, AmericanRidley, Margaret Chandler Tippett, 1919-2006Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966Mott, BillSibley, Karen Norris, 1922-2014Sibley, James Malcolm, 1919-Georgia Institute of TechnologyJohns Hopkins HospitalPiedmont Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.)Enterprise (aircraft carrier : CV-6)convoytorpedo bombertwin 30-caliber gunsstrafingTokyo Rosesulfanilamide, appendicitisbreeches buoyAtomic bombHollandia (New Guinea)Oral history interview of John H. and Peggy T. RidleyMovingImage