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Oral History Interview with Ralph Stintzcum, July 26, 2017

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العنوان: Oral History Interview with Ralph Stintzcum, July 26, 2017
المؤلفون: Stintzcum, Ralph
المساهمون: Misenhimer, Richard, Conner, Janice
بيانات النشر: National Museum of the Pacific War
سنة النشر: 2017
المجموعة: The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas)
مصطلحات موضوعية: World War, People - Individuals, Military and War - Wars - World War II, Interviews, Oral histories, Personal narratives, Autobiographies, Biographies, WWII, United States. Marine Corps. Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 131 (VMTB-131), USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80), 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island
Time: 1939-1945
الوصف: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Ralph Stintzcum. Stintzcum joined the Marine Corps in 1943 and trained at Parris Island before going to radio and radar school in Florida. From there, he went to the Marine Corps Air Station at El Toro where he was assigned to Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 131 (VMTB-131) as an aircrew member. In March, 1944 his unit boarded the USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80). In August, Stintzcum headed for Guam. His unit also went to Okinawa where they provided ground support for the Marines. He rotated back to the US in July and was discharged in October. He was recalled for one year prior to the outbreak of the Korean War.
نوع الوثيقة: text
وصف الملف: 42 p.; Text
اللغة: English
Relation: local-cont-no: OH04890; https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1607156/; ark: ark:/67531/metapth1607156
الاتاحة: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1607156/
Rights: Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives ; Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum of the Pacific War.
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.55507C3C
قاعدة البيانات: BASE