Oral History Interview with Clarence Mast, October 15, 1989 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Clarence Mast, October 15, 1989

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dr. Clarence Mast. Mast had finished medical school in 1942 before joining the Navy. While serving at Camp Sampson, he treated an outbreak of spinal meningitis. He was then attached as a medical officer to the 112th Naval Construction Battalion and went to Quoddy, Maine before going to Hawaii to serve as a surgeon at Kaneohe. His next station was at Tinian, where his unit built very long runways for B-29 bombers. he was aboard an LST during a typhoon at Okinawa. He was there when the war ended and was discharged the following April.
Date: October 15, 1989
Creator: Mast, Clarence S.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Clarence Mast, October 15, 1989 transcript

Oral History Interview with Clarence Mast, October 15, 1989

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Dr. Clarence Mast. Mast had finished medical school in 1942 before joining the Navy. While serving at Camp Sampson, he treated an outbreak of spinal meningitis. He was then attached as a medical officer to the 112th Naval Construction Battalion and went to Quoddy, Maine before going to Hawaii to serve as a surgeon at Kaneohe. His next station was at Tinian, where his unit built very long runways for B-29 bombers. he was aboard an LST during a typhoon at Okinawa. He was there when the war ended and was discharged the following April.
Date: October 15, 1989
Creator: Mast, Clarence S.
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History