Interview with E. I. "Buddy" Thompson, November 7, 1990

Project: American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project

Interview Summary

describes reactions to the bombing of Pearl Harbor; working in Pepper Distillery and the Sherwood Paint Company; working as a foreman of the guard at the distillery; physical examination for the service; preparations for leaving the United States; experiences at Fort Thomas; traveling by train to Amarillo, Texas for basic training (forced marches, gas mask training & other hardships); entering airplane mechanics school at Lincoln, Nebraska; experiences at Kerns, Utah; experience with food poisoning and hospitalization; ocean voyage to the Pacific; mentions New Caledonia, and Milne Bay, New Guinea; contracting malaria; Honolulu and San Diego; experiences on board the U.S.S. (Petroff?) Bay; serving as anti-submarine support; learning to navigate; transporting troops home; taking nurses on board the ship

Interview Accession

1990oh287_ww154

Interviewee Name

E. I. "Buddy" Thompson

Interviewer Name

William J. Marshall

Interview Date

1990-11-07

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Thompson, E. I. Interview by William J. Marshall. 07 Nov. 1990. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Thompson, E.I. (1990, November 07). Interview by W. J. Marshall. American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Thompson, E. I., interview by William J. Marshall. November 07, 1990, American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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