Oral History Interview with James McKinley, May 23, 2003 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with James McKinley, May 23, 2003

Creator

  • Interviewee: McKinley, James
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Cunningham, Mark
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Matras, Kathy
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War
    Place of Publication: Fredericksburg, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2003-05-23

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with James McKinley. McKinley was in college when the war started and in spite of serious damage to his eyes earlier in life, he was able to serve in the Army as a clerk in the Ordnance branch. He was shipped to New Caledonia and assigned to the 51st Ordnance Ammunition Company, operating an ammo dump outside of Noumea. He arrived there in 1943 and went home after the war and was discharged in early 1946. He used the GI Bill to finish schooling in pharmacy and earned a master's degree before becoming a pharmacist in Houston.
  • Physical Description: 1 sound recording (56 min., 9 sec.)

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Interviews
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Oral histories
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Personal narratives
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Autobiographies
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Biographies
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Keyword: United States. Army. Ordnance Ammunition Company, 51st
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- New Caledonia
  • Keyword: United States. Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Has Transcription: Oral History Interview with James McKinley, May 23, 2003, [transcript] ark:/67531/metapth1606561

Collection

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
    Code: NMPW
  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
    Code: NMPWA

Institution

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
    Code: NMPW

Rights

  • Rights License: by-nc-nd
  • Rights Statement: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum of the Pacific War.

Resource Type

  • Sound

Format

  • Audio

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH03933
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1610215
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