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Excerpt 2 from oral history interview with Gilbert S. Fox, 2004 March 01
Description
Title
Excerpt
2
from
oral
history
interview
with
Gilbert
S
.
Fox
,
2004
March
01
Personal name
Fox
,
Gilbert
S.
,
1920-
--Interviews
Corporate name
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
United States. Navy--Officers--Interviews
Birmingham (Ship)
LSM-80 (Ship)
Topical entry
Military History
World War II
World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Tennessee--Nashville
Veterans--Tennessee--Interviews
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--South Pacific Ocean
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations
Kamikaze airplanes
Kamikaze pilots
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, Japanese
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Japan--Okinawa Island
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Description
An
excerpt
from an
oral
history
interview
with
Gilbert
S
.
Fox
,
conducted
on
1
March
2004
by
Robert
P
.
Richardson
as
part
of the
Nashville
Public
Library's
Veterans
History
Project
.
Fox
, an
Executive
Officer
on
board
LSM-80
in the US
Navy
during
World
War
II
,
discusses
watching
a
nearby
ship
, the
USS
Birmingham
,
being
attacked
by
kamikaze
planes
and his
own
ship
and
crew
being
bombarded
by
falling
shrapnel
from their
own
guns
during
the
fight
for
Okinawa
. The
complete
interview
, as
well
as a
transcript
,
is
available
in the
repository
.
Creator
Fox
,
Gilbert
S.
,
1920-
(Interviewee)
;
Richardson
,
Robert
Price
,
1926-
(Interviewer)
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Contributors
Davis
,
Ellen
(Transcriber)
Date
2004-03-01
Type
Sound
;
Oral
histories
Format
audio/mp3
(2.04
MB
;
2
min.
,
14
sec.)
Identifier
VHPFoxG1bclip2
Source
Excerpted from: VHPFoxG (VHP tapes 225 & 226) audio cassette recording converted to mp3 format in 2006.
Language
English
Relation
Veterans
History
Project
collection
,
World
War
II
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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