Interview with Paris Jackson, Jr., December 3, 1986
Project: American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project
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served in the Navy on the aircraft carrier Saratoga; served as a gunner (40mm gun sections)-- saw action in the Marshall Islands and on mission to bomb Japan; discusses living conditions aboard ship-- violent storm in Indian Ocean-- hitting targets (air field and oil refineries) on Java; talks about mission to bomb Japan as part of Task Force 58 - shooting at Japanese airplanes-- kamikaze attacks-- experiences as a wounded soldier - amputation of leg-- voyage back to the United StatesInterview Accession
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Jackson, Paris, Jr. Interview by Arthur L. Kelly. 03 Dec. 1986. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Jackson, P., Jr. (1986, December 03). 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.
Jackson, Paris, Jr., interview by Arthur L. Kelly. December 03, 1986, American Veterans: World War Two Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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