- Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Oscar Jackson, World War II, Bainbridge, Georgia, 2005 April 28
- Creator:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bush, Tom
Livingston, Mayo - Publisher:
- Bainbridge, Ga. : Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Date of Original:
- 2005-04-28
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Veterans--Georgia
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Georgia
United States. Navy
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Okinawa
Essex (Aircraft carrier) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Decatur County, Bainbridge, 30.9038, -84.57547
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Oscar Jackson recounts his WWII experiences in radio/communications on board a CV escort aircraft carrier in the Pacific assisting with operations in Okinawa. 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:
- 31052006307163
https://youtu.be/x6UA9K1oqSE - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:zhs_wvp_x6ua9k1oqse
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhs_wvp_x6ua9k1oqse
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Oscar Jackson
- Extent:
- 47 minutes
- Original Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Holding Institution:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library
- Rights:
-
