Donald McCorkle video oral history interview
| Title | Donald McCorkle video oral history interview |
|---|---|
| Subject | McCorkle, Donald E. |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | |
| Description | Video oral history interview with Donald McCorkle about his experience as a chief mate second class in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific theater during World War II. Included are his stories about being a Navy crane operator for the Seabees and the USS Mount Hood explosion. Recorded in the fall of 2000 for Dr. Walter Grunden's World War II history course in the Department of History at Bowling Green State University. Interview conducted by Sean Snow. Closed captions are included, as are copies of a photograph of McCorkle taken during the war and McCorkle's notice of separation from the Navy. |
| Creator | Bowling Green State University. Department of History |
| McCorkle, Donald E. | |
| Snow, Sean | |
| Source | History 303 World War II oral histories; MS-0871; Center for Archival Collections; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
| Date | fall 2000 |
| 1945-11 | |
| circa 1943 | |
| Rights |
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| Format | Oral histories |
| Records (Documents) | |
| Photographs | |
| image/jpeg | |
| Language | eng |
| Identifier | ms00871_b003_video_mccorkledonald_access_trimmed |
| ms00871_b003_video_mccorkledonald_s00001 | |
| ms00871_b003_video_mccorkledonald_s00002 | |
| https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/35245 | |
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Vanuatu | |
| New Guinea | |
| Okinawa Island (Japan) | |
| Temporal Coverage | 1942-1945 |
| Rights Holder | McCorkle, Donald E. |
| Snow, Sean | |
| Type | Moving Image |
| Original Format | VHS |
| Duration | 26:08 |
