Oral History Interview with Glenn E. McDuffie, January 21, 2008 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Glenn E. McDuffie, January 21, 2008

Creator

  • Interviewer: Misenhimer, Richard
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Interviewee: McDuffie, Glenn E.
    Creator Type: Personal

Publisher

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

Date

  • Creation: 2008-01-21

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Interview with Glenn E. McDuffie, an Armed Guard in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He discusses lying about his age in order to join the navy at 15 and his experience in boot camp. He served as an Armed Guard on merchant ships that transported supplies across the Atlantic and remembers being in London while German bombers flew overhead. He transported German prisoners out of Marseilles and Naples shortly after the liberation of those cities. He remembers going to Times Square upon hearing that the Japanese had surrendered. He claims to have been the sailor in the iconic photo of the sailor kissing the nurse in Times Square on V-J Day. He describes how he proved he was the sailor in the photo, what he did after the war, and how he learned that his brother survived the Bataan Death March.
  • Physical Description: 1 sound recording : digital

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Texas
  • 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: Oral histories
  • Keyword: biographies
  • Keyword: interviews
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Named Person: McDuffie, Glenn E.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States. Navy. Armed Guard
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Basic training (Military education)
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: V-J Day, 1945
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Times Square (New York, N.Y.)
  • Keyword: kisses

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: England - Greater London County - London
  • Place Name: France - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region - Bouches-du-Rhône Department - Marseilles
  • Place Name: Italy - Campania Region - Naples Province - Naples
  • Place Name: United States - New York - New York County - New York City - Manhattan Borough
  • Place Name: United States - Texas
  • Place Name: Philippines
  • Time Period: mod-tim

Collection

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
    Code: NMPW
  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
    Code: NMPWA
  • Name: Texas Oral History Collection
    Code: TOHC
  • Name: World War Two Collection
    Code: WWII

Institution

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

Resource Type

  • Sound

Format

  • Audio

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH02156
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth204515
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth204515

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