- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Harry Morgan Baxter, Jr.
- Creator:
- Lowance, David
Baxter, Harry Morgan, Jr., 1922- - Date of Original:
- 2005-02-07
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
V-J Day, 1945
Distinguished Flying Cross (Medal)
United States. Navy. Air Group 8
United States. Navy. Torpedo Squadron 8
United States. Navy. Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-99
Coker College
University of South Carolina
Bunker Hill (Aircraft carrier : CV-17)
Intrepid (Aircraft carrier)
Alameda Naval Air Station (Calif.)
Banana River Naval Air Station (Fla.)
Aviation machinist mates
Patrick Air Force Base (Fla.) - Location:
- Japan, Tokyo, 35.709026, 139.731992
Micronesia, Truk Lagoon, 7.4169444, 151.7819444
Northern Mariana Islands, Tinian, 15.0116123, 145.629297331134
Panama, Panama Canal, 8.99797, -79.59269
Papua New Guinea, Manus Island, -5.558333, 154.619444
Philippines, 13.40882, 122.56155
Taiwan, 23.69781, 120.960515
United States, Alabama, Washington County, Vinegar Bend, 31.26378, -88.34474
United States, California, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, 37.77493, -122.41942
United States, California, Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, 38.44047, -122.71443
United States, Florida, Jacksonville, Naval Air Station, 30.23583, -81.68056
United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Miami, 25.77427, -80.19366
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Hawaii, Maui, 20.8029568, -156.310683316022
United States, Illinois, Chicago, Navy Pier, 41.89179985, -87.6041446638296
United States, Illinois, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Naval Training Center
United States, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, 39.12711, -84.51439
United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092
United States, Virginia, Accomack County, Chincoteague, 37.93318, -75.37881
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, Harry Baxter describes his experiences in the U.S. Navy during World War II. As a turret gunner on a carrier-based plane, he was involved in several major naval battles of the Pacific, including Palau, Wake Island, and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. He was assigned to VT-8 (established 1943). He relates many humorous and harrowing stories of life in the Navy.
Harry Baxter was in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/393
- 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:
- 46:51
- 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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