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Excerpt 2 from oral history interview with Gilbert S. Fox, 2004 March 01

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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	Closed Stacks-VHPFoxG