Oral History Interview with Roy Peters, October 5, 2011 transcript

Oral History Interview with Roy Peters, October 5, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Roy Peters. Peters joined the Navy in February 1944 and was trained as a motor machinist mate. He was sent to USS LSM-96. Peters describes the machinery he worked on and his usual duties. He describes an incident when the enlisted men in the engine room repainted pipes to fool a new officer and the disciplinary action that followed. Peters mentions unloading equipment at Okinawa and seeing a merchant ship get hit by a torpedo. He discusses how his ship was used to haul ammunition and fight fires caused by kamikaze attacks. Peters describes being sent to China at the end of the war and being transferred to LC(FF)-789. He was discharged in May 1946.
Date: October 5, 2011
Creator: Peters, Roy
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Roy Peters, October 5, 2011 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Roy Peters, October 5, 2011

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Roy Peters. Peters joined the Navy in February 1944 and was trained as a motor machinist mate. He was sent to USS LSM-96. Peters describes the machinery he worked on and his usual duties. He describes an incident when the enlisted men in the engine room repainted pipes to fool a new officer and the disciplinary action that followed. Peters mentions unloading equipment at Okinawa and seeing a merchant ship get hit by a torpedo. He discusses how his ship was used to haul ammunition and fight fires caused by kamikaze attacks. Peters describes being sent to China at the end of the war and being transferred to LC(FF)-789. He was discharged in May 1946.
Date: October 5, 2011
Creator: Peters, Roy
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History