United States. Navy. Construction Battalion, 70th
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Arthur G. Johnson papers
Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2002 Box 15 (02.0400-02.0424), Folder: 02.0401 - Folder 1
Identifier: 02.0401
Scope and Contents
Arthur G. Johnson served in a U.S. Navy Construction Battalion (Seabee) from December 1942 through the end of World War II. This collection consists of an oral history interview transcript.
In the transcript, Johnson recounts his experiences from basic training to North Africa, then on to Banica River in the South Pacific, Okinawa and back to Guam where he broke his neck, taking him out of the war. The interview also talks generally about the Seabees, family life after the war, camaraderie with the Marines, and censorship.
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1942-2001; Other: Majority of material found in 1942-1945; Other: Date acquired: 10/02/2002
Found in:
FSU Special Collections & Archives
