- Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Vernon Shaw, World War II, Bainbridge, Georgia, 2004 September 10
- Creator:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Contributor to Resource:
- Bush, Tom
Livingston, Mayo - Publisher:
- Bainbridge, Ga. : Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
- Date of Original:
- 2004-09-10
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Veterans--Georgia
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Georgia
Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CVA(N) 65)
United States. Navy
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Marshall Islands
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Decatur County, Bainbridge, 30.9038, -84.57547
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Vernon Shaw recounts his WWII experiences in the United States Navy as an airplane machinist on board the USS Enterprise (aircraft carrier) during campaigns in the Pacific Theater including battles at the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, the Philippine Sea, and 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:
- 31052005988989
https://youtu.be/XUFttc1DsaI - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:zhs_wvp_xufttc1dsai
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhs_wvp_xufttc1dsai
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Vernon Shaw
- Extent:
- 54 minutes
- Original Collection:
- World War II Veterans Project
- Holding Institution:
- Southwest Georgia Regional Library
- Rights:
-
