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Summary:

Interview with Admiral J. Lloyd Abbot, Jr., a Navy veteran, comments about his service in the Pacific Theater during World War II. U. S. Naval Academy, 1935-39; assignment to USS Enterprise, 1939; assignment to USS Gilmer, 1939-41; flight training at Pensacola, 1941; assignment to Advanced Carrier Training Group (Pacific), 1941-42; assignment to VF-6 (Fighting 6) aboard the USS Enterprise, 1942; assignment to VS-1D-14 in the South Pacific, 1942-43; commanding officer of VS-66, Wallis Island, 1943; antisubmarine patrols out of Wallis Island; assignment to Nanumea, 1943; assignment to Tarawa, 1943-44, with an SBD squadron; assignment to the Chief of Naval Air Training, Pensacola, 1944-46, as engineering officer; postwar naval and civilian career.

Author/Creator:

Abbot, J. Lloyd, 1918-

Contributors:

Alexander, William J.

World War II Pacific Theater (Island Hopping) Oral History Project

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Admiral J. Lloyd Abbot, Jr., 1998 March 14 [by Abbot, J.L.]

Related Works:

University of North Texas oral history collection

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 1272

Subjects:

Abbot, Lloyd, J., 1918- — Oral history

United States Naval Academy — Oral history

United States Navy — History — World War, 1939-1945 — Oral history

Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6) — Oral history

Gilmer (Destroyer) — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Aerial operations, American — Oral history

World War, 1939-1945 — Pacific Ocean — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

World War II oral history — Examples

Pacific Theater oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1998 for the World War II Pacific Theater (Island Hopping) Oral History Project. Interviewer: William J. Alexander.

Physical Description:

67 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 1272

OCLC Numbers:

318220244