- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Kenneth R. Steele, part 2 of 3
- Creator:
- VerHoef, Sue Hardy
Hyde, Barbara
Steele, Kenneth R., 1925- - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 2017-03-13
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean
Purple Heart
United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 4th
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)
Southern Methodist University
ATLANTA STOVE WORKS
May Patterson Goodrum House (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Cody, Clara Clarke Steele, 1903-1947
Abreu, Francis Luis, 1896-1969
Cody, Robert William, 1903-1956
Dickey, James
Weltner, Charles Longstreet, 1927-1992
Weltner, Philip
Jones, Saunders
Goodrum, May Patterson (1891-1976) - Location:
- Japan, Iwo Jima, 24.78516755, 141.324132661137
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, South Carolina, Beaufort County, Parris Island, 32.3352, -80.69233 - Medium:
- video recordings (physical artifacts)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In part two of this three-part interview, Ken Steele recalls his experiences serving in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He remembers his boot camp experience and the living conditions on the troop train that took him from the East Coast to San Diego. He describes being sent to the Pacific theatre of operations; his job carrying ammunition during combat; and sleeping in a rain-filled foxhole for two days. He explains his later work as a Marine Corps officer defending enlisted men in courts martial. He describes breaking his thumb while jumping in a bomb crater to avoid a Japanese sniper on Iwo Jima. He describes the medical care he received; returning home after the war; his post-war education; joining the Marine Corps a second time as an officer; and explains the culture of the Marine Corps. He remembers May Patterson Goodrum and her relationship with his mother. He reflects on educator Dr. Philip Weltner and Weltner's son (and Ken's classmate), Charles L. Weltner. (Note: This series of interviews was conducted to document Mr. Steele's connection with the May Patterson Goodrum House in Atlanta, Georgia, in addition to documenting his military service in World War II and Korea. The bulk of this second interview pertains to his military experience in World War II. Please view part 1 to hear him discuss his connection with the Goodrum House in greater detail. Please view part 3 to hear him discuss his service in the Korean War.)
boot camp; Military Police (MP); sniper school; GI Bill; machine gunner; ammunition carrier; troop transport; Wake Island; Guadalcanal; "Ruptured Duck"; tanks; hospital ship
Ken Steele served in the United States Marine Corps in World War II and the Korean War. - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/834
- 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:
- 1:17:44
- 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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