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Summary:

Interview with Lester Lee James, resident of Dawson, Texas, and a Navy veteran. Experiences in the Pacific Theater aboard the USS Crescent City during the World War II; early years in Texas and California; work experience as a skilled tradesman in Nevada and Utah prior to military service drafted into U.S. Navy and conflict with religious affiliation as Seventh Day Adventist; shipboard life and duties while on an amphibian personnel attack ship during Pacific island battles and as part of a convoy; brief port call at Wellington, New Zealand; recollections of civilian career and personal life.

Author/Creator:

James, Lester Lee, 1924-

Contributors:

Stringer, Tommy W. , interviewer

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Lester Lee James, 2011 February 24 [by James, L.L.]

Related Works:

University of North Texas oral history collection

Subjects:

James, Lester Lee, 1924-

World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, American

World War, 1939-1945 — Naval operations, American

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Pacific Area

World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Japan — Okinawa Island

Seventh-Day Adventists — United States

World War, 1939-1945 — Veterans — United States — Biography

World War (1939-1945)

1939-1945

Military campaigns

Seventh-Day Adventists

Veterans

Military operations, Naval — American

United States

Japan — Okinawa Island

Pacific Area

Genres:

Biographies

Personal narratives — American

General Notes:

Interview conducted in Corsicana, TX, in 2011. Interviewer: Tommy W. Stringer.
Appendix: text and images from Corsicana Daily Sun article about Mr. James's garden.

Physical Description:

61 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 1740

OCLC Numbers:

794557939