- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Thomas W. Barnes
- Creator:
- Lowance, David
Barnes, Thomas W., 1915-2007 - Date of Original:
- 2005-08-17
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Radar
Golf
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean
Atomic bomb
Typhoons
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island
Barnes, Rachel Muckenfuss
Yates, Charles R., 1913-2005
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Notre Dame
Winthrop University
Grady (Destroyer escort)
Kamikaze
Georgia State Golf Association
Tommy Barnes Award - Location:
- Bermuda Islands, 32.3078, -64.7505
Japan, Okinawa, 26.53806, 127.96778
Japan, Volcano Islands, Iwo Jima
United States, California, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, 37.77493, -122.41942
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Miami, 25.77427, -80.19366
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston, 42.35843, -71.05977
United States, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, 40.6501, -73.94958
United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
mini-dv - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Tommy Barnes describes his experiences in the Navy during World War II. He was commissioned an officer and served on an inshore patrol off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. Later, his ship performed patrol duty off the coasts during the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Mr. Barnes' wife, Rachel (Muckenfuss) Barnes also participated in the interview. She served with the Navy's Public Relations office in Charleston during the war. Part of her duties involved censorship of news stories.
Tommy Barnes was a Naval officer in the Pacific during World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/330
- 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:
- 37:06
- 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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