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Description
Title
Oral
history
interview
with
James
Carlew
,
2004
March
25
,
excerpt
04
Personal name
Carlew
,
James
,
1927-
--Interviews
Corporate name
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States. Navy--Military life
Topical entry
Military History
Veterans--Tennessee--Interviews
World War II
African Americans
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African-American
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives, American
Sailors--Tennessee--Biography
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island
Children and war
Mongooses--Anecdotes
Infiltration (military science)
Geographic entry
Okinawa Island (Japan)
Description
An
excerpt
from an
oral
history
interview
with
Nashville
veteran
James
Carlew
,
conducted
on
25
March
2004
by
Larry
Patterson
as
part
of the
Nashville
Public
Library's
Veterans
History
Project
.
Carlew
,
who
served
in the
Navy
during
World
War
II
and in the
Army
in the
Korean
War
,
discusses
living
conditions
on
Okinawa
during
World
War
II
. He
tells
about
mongooses
being
released
on the
island
in an
effort
to
control
the
snake
population
, and
about
guard
duty
. He also
tells
about
how the
Japanese
infiltrated
their
camp
,
including
coming
to
movies
and
getting
food
. The
complete
interview
, as
well
as an
index
,
is
available
in the
repository
.
Creator
Carlew
,
James
,
1927-
(Interviewee)
;
Patterson
,
Larry
,
1944-
(Interviewer)
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Date
2004-03-25
Type
Sound
;
Oral
histories
Format
audio/mp3
(1
min.
,
28
sec.)
Identifier
VHPCarlewJ1bclip2
Source
Excerpt from: VHPCarlewJ audio cassette recording converted to mp3 format in 2006.
Language
English
Relation
Veterans
History
Project
collection
,
World
War
II
and
Korean
War
series
Coverage
2000-2009
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5782
.
Location
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