- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Otis Alvin Barge, Jr.
- Creator:
- Palmer, Janet
Barge, Otis Alvin, 1920-2011 - Date of Original:
- 2004-12-01
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Drum and bugle corps
Depth charges
Saline water conversion
Rickshaws
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975
Georgia Institute of Technology
Peridot (Patrol ship : PYc-18)
United States Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Nanking - Location:
- China, Jiangsu Sheng, Nanjing, 32.0609736, 118.7916458
China, Shanghai, 31.230416, 121.473701
China, Yangtze River, 30.2832359, 111.9858716
Cuba, Guantánamo Bay, 19.9242388, -75.1593149217009
Japan, Okinawa, 26.53806, 127.96778
Midway Islands
Philippines, 13.40882, 122.56155
Philippines, Leyte Island, 10.95, 124.85
United States, California, San Diego County, San Diego, 32.71571, -117.16472
United States, Florida, Duval County, Jacksonville, 30.33218, -81.65565
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, Hawaii, 20.78785, -156.38612
United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston, 42.35843, -71.05977
United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092
United States, Washington, King County, Seattle, 47.60621, -122.33207 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
mini-dv - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/quicktime
- Description:
- In this interview, Otis Barge relates his career as a naval officer during World War II. He describes his training, learning navigation by nautical astronomy, experiences in an inshore patrol on PC 1134, sailing through the Panama canal, and his experiences in the Pacific, including sailing up the Yangtze river.
Otis Barge was a Naval officer in the Pacific during World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/389
- 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:
- 34:58
- 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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