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Oral History Interview with John J. Clemens, May 13, 2003
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Interview with John J. Clemens. The interview includes Clemens' personal experiences about childhood and early adulthood in Houston, Texas, World War II-era service in the U.S. Navy, serving aboard USS Wren in the Pacific Theater, and piloting a ship into Tokyo Bay immediately following the Japanese surrender. Clemens speaks about convoy missions across the Atlantic Ocean, the January 4, 1944 sinking of the USS Turner while moored in New York Harbor and the court of inquiry regarding the sinking, actions in the Aleutian Islands, Attu, Okinawa, and Philippine campaigns and anti-kamikaze warfare while aboard the USS Wren, and the effects that Allied bombing had on Tokyo.
Date:
May 13, 2003
Creator:
Alexander, William J. & Clemens, John J., 1921-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Commencement Program Book for Texas Southern University, December 13, 2003]
Commencement program for Texas Southern University including the order of exercises and a list of all recipients of degrees in 2003, broken down by college and degree type. The commencement speaker is Rev. William Lawson and his biography is included in the program.
Date:
December 13, 2003
Creator:
Texas Southern University
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The Portal to Texas History