Donald Drake video oral history interview
| Title | Donald Drake video oral history interview |
|---|---|
| Subject | Drake, Donald |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | |
| Description | Video oral history interview with Donald Drake about his experience as a machinist mate chief in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Included are his stories of serving on the USS West Virginia at Pearl Harbor, surving the sinking of the USS John Penn, and dropping off troops in North Africa. Recorded in the fall of 2002 for Dr. Walter Grunden's World War II history course in the Department of History at Bowling Green State University. Interview conducted by Ryan Miller. Closed captions are included, as is a photograph of Drake taken during the war. |
| Creator | Bowling Green State University. Department of History |
| Drake, Donald | |
| Miller, Ryan | |
| Source | History 303 World War II oral histories; MS-0871; Center for Archival Collections; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
| Date | fall 2002 |
| circa 1942 | |
| Rights |
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| Format | Oral histories |
| Photographs | |
| image/jpeg | |
| Language | eng |
| Identifier | ms00871_b010_video_drakedonald_access_trimmed |
| ms00871_b010_video_drakedonald_s00001a | |
| https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/35568 | |
| Spatial Coverage | Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) |
| United States | |
| Africa, North | |
| Temporal Coverage | 1940-1945 |
| Rights Holder | Drake, Donald |
| Miller, Ryan | |
| Type | Moving Image |
| Original Format | VHS |
| Duration | 18:05 |
