- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Allan Russell Bullman
- Creator:
- King, Cary; Hilliard, Tony
Bullman, Allan Russell, 1923- - Date of Original:
- 2011-11-28
- Subject:
- Junkers Ju-88 (Bomber)
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Jewell, Jesse
Bullman, Louis K., 1895-1979
Union Carbide Corporation
Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.)
Fessenden (Destroyer escort : DE-142)
Enigma machine (Cryptography) - Location:
- Marshall Islands, Wotje Atoll, 9.4528761, 170.0722133
Panama, Panama Canal, 8.99797, -79.59269
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Hawaii, Honolulu County, Pearl Harbor, 21.34475, -157.97739
United States, New Jersey, Plainfield - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Allan Bullman recalls his experiences serving in the United States Navy during World War II. He was a sonarman on the USS Fessenden (DE-142), a destroyer escort. His ship protected merchant and military vessels traveling to the Mediterranean. He describes being attacked by a German torpedo bomber and recalls how his ship sank a German submarine. After Germany surrendered, his ship transited the Panama Canal and spent the rest of the war in the Pacific. He describes evacuating Japanese soldiers who were left to starve in the Marshall Islands after Japanese forces left the area. After the war he worked as a chemist for Union Carbide Corporation.
Allan Bullman served in the United States Navy during World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/325
- 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:
- 1:00:40
- 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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