Interview with John H. G. Kelly, May 22, 1985
Project: American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project
Interview Summary
John H.G. ("Skeets") Kelly volunteered for the Navy and served as a turret officer aboard the USS Maryland. He participated in operations throughout the Pacific, including Saipan, Leyte, and Okinawa. The Maryland was hit by a Japanese torpedo off the coast of Saipan, then sent to Pearl Harbor for repairs, where it was almost burned by a saboteur. It was caught in a typhoon en route to Palau, and attacked by kamikazes at Leyte and Okinawa. Kelly describes life aboard the battleship, and discusses the Battle of Leyte Gulf in detail.Interview Accession
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military service experience Skeets Kelly War Veterans World War II World War II veteransInterview LC Subject
Kelly, John H.G. Kelly, John H.G.--Interviews Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944 Maryland (Battleship) Typhoons World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, Japanese World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, AmericanInterview Rights
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Kelly, John H. G. Interview by Arthur L. Kelly. 22 May. 1985. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Kelly, J.H. (1985, May 22). Interview by A. L. Kelly. American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Kelly, John H. G., interview by Arthur L. Kelly. May 22, 1985, American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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