- Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Nelson Westbrooks, World War II, Bainbridge, Georgia, 2006 March 16
- Creator:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bush, Tom
Livingston, Mayo - Publisher:
- Bainbridge, Ga. : Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Date of Original:
- 2006-03-16
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Veterans--Georgia
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Georgia
United States. Navy
World War, 1939-1945--Japan
Japan--History--1912-1945 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Decatur County, Bainbridge, 30.9038, -84.57547
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Nelson Westbrooks recounts his WWII experiences in the United States Navy enlisting shortly before the end of the war in Japan but stationed in Nagasaki after V-J Day repatriating Japanese from Korea. He later was drafted into the United States Army and served in the finance department in Trieste, Yugoslavia at United States Head Quarters Trust. Funding for the SWGRL WWII Veterans Project provided by the Thomas M. and Irene B. Kirbo Charitable Trust. Funding for digitization of the interviews provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- 31052006237212
https://youtu.be/VgRCyInrnQ8 - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:zhs_wvp_vgrcyinrnq8
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhs_wvp_vgrcyinrnq8
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Nelson Westbrooks
- Extent:
- 51 minutes
- Original Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Holding Institution:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library
- Rights:
-
