Willis Winston transcript
Content Description
Willis Winston served with 2nd Battalion 7th Regiment, 1st Marine Division in the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. He participated in the campaigns for Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and Peleliu This collection contains an oral history.
Dates
- 2004-05-12
- Event: Majority of material found within 1940-1946
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Biographical / Historical
Willis Winston was born August 8th, 1922 in Franklin County, North Carolina. Winston served as a gunner in the 1st Marine Division, 7th Regiment, 2nd Battalion in the U.S. Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Winston served from 1940-1946 and participated in combat at Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and Peleliu. When he returned to the U.S., Winston served at Parr’s Island. Winston passed away on July 18th, 2016. He is buried at Oak Level Christian Church Cemetery in Youngsville, North Carolina.
Extent
1 folders (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
Custodial History
This collection was provided to the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience by the Reichelt Program for Oral History.
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- Guantanamo Bay (Cuba) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kamikaze airplanes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Malaria Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Marine Corps Base Quantico (Va.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Operational rations (Military supplies) -- Europe -- History -- 20th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Parris Island (S.C.) Subject Source: Lcnaf
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Raleigh (Nc.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 1st
- United States. Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 Subject Source: Lcnaf
- World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Solomon Islands--Guadalcanal Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Winston, Willis, 1922-2016 (Interviewee, Person)
- Title
- Willis Winston transcript
- Author
- Beatrice Dain
- Date
- 09/29/2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the FSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
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