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Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Keeton, Afton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007 transcript

Oral History Interview with Afton Keeton, August 30, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Afton Keeton. Keeton joined the Navy in July of 1942. He completed Hospital Corps School and became a Pharmacist Mate. He first served aboard the USS Sea Dragon (SS-194). They patrolled the Aleutian Islands. He was then stationed at the Submarine Base in Pearl Harbor, working in a sick bay. He then served aboard the USS Apollo (AS-25) with a relief crew. He provides some detail of working aboard a submarine, serving as the Doc, living conditions and undergoing his own appendectomy aboard the Apollo. In early 1945 he was assigned for 1 year to serve at a submarine base in St. Thomas. He then served as hospital corpsman on the USS Clamagore (SS-343). Keeton also worked on sonar watch, radar watch and as a cook during his time in the Navy. He spent a total of 30 years in the Navy, retiring in February of 1972.
Date: August 30, 2007
Creator: Keeton, Afton
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Money Matters: The Stamp Scrip Movement in Depression-Era Oklahoma (open access)

Money Matters: The Stamp Scrip Movement in Depression-Era Oklahoma

Article expanding on the previous 2004 article on Oklahoma's reaction to the depression era banking crisis of early 1933. In this article, Gatch ties the origin of the scrip movement to the writings of Yale University's professor Irving Fisher and traces the implementation of scrip schemes in nearly three dozen Oklahoma towns and explains the reasons for scrip's early success and rapid demise.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Gatch, Loren C.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Revolution for the Hell of It: Abbie Hoffman Visits Oklahoma State University in 1971 (open access)

Revolution for the Hell of It: Abbie Hoffman Visits Oklahoma State University in 1971

Article discussing the struggle between Oklahoma State University student activists and conservative students and administrators in 1970-71 regarding the push to invite Abbie Hoffman as a campus speaker. This fueled an enormous controversy that, in the end, upheld the constitutional rights of OSU students.
Date: Autumn 2006
Creator: Johnson, Erica
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Jim Thorpe Home

Photograph of a scene at the Jim Thorpe Home.
Date: July 2006
Creator: Argo, Jim
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History