- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of George Evans Goodwin
- Creator:
- Lowance, David
Goodwin, George Evans, 1917-2015 - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 2004-08-02
2014 - Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Douglas DC-3 (Transport plane)
United States. Navy. Fleet, 7th
United States. Navy. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron, 16th
Torpedo-boats
Canada. Canadian Forces Base (Comox, B.C.)
Winecoff Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.) - People:
- Burgess, Ben
- Location:
- New Guinea, -5.52259885, 142.0871176270332
Papua New Guinea, Finschhafen, -6.6040926, 147.8536907
Philippines, Clark Field
Philippines, Leyte Island, 10.95, 124.85
Philippines, Manila, 14.5906216, 120.9799696
Philippines, Mindoro, 12.8692137, 121.13457575024536
United States, Alaska, Aleutians West, Adak Island, 51.78444, -176.64028
United States, Alaska, Attu Island, 52.87849885, 173.02794993481632
United States, California, San Diego County, San Diego, 32.71571, -117.16472
United States, California, San Francisco County, San Francisco, 37.77493, -122.41942
United States, California, Santa Barbara County, Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara (historical), 34.42639, -119.83861
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, West End, 33.73816, -84.41632
United States, North Carolina, Robeson County, Maxton, 34.73516, -79.34893 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this interview, George Goodwin recalls his service in the United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II. He remembers writing feature stories for a Miami newspaper when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. He describes his first assignment, in the Aleutian Islands, and then being sent to the Pacific where he was involved in interrogating Japanese prisoners.
motor torpedo boat; PT boat; Higgins Boat; 40-mm gun; patrol; interrogation; briefing; LST; kamikaze; Washing Machine Charlie; Winecoff Hotel Fire;
George Goodwin was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who served in the United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/914
- 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:
- 2:29:06
- 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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