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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • Service History Note: The veteran served on the Aviation Combat Air Crew.
  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Branch of Service: Navy
  • Unit of Service: USS Hornet
  • Location of Service: Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Munda Island (New Hebrides Islands); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Japan

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"So I dove in under... this place between the two stacks, and I had about fifteen or twenty people dove in on top of me. I said 'Come on in!'" (Video interview, 2:30)

As a boy, Arnold Baker, Jr. always dreamed of joining the Navy. In 1941 he turned 17 and enlisted. He was stationed on the USS Hornet as an aviation mechanic and was onboard when the ship launched the Doolittle Raid against Japan, as well as during the Guadalcanal Campaign. He survived the sinking of the Hornet in October 1942 and went on to serve his country in Korea as well, and retired with twenty years in the service.

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[ V-mail "Thanksgiving Greetings" from Arnold Barker to his father. ]
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[ News clipping, "Presidential Unit Citation Presented to Arnold Baker (sic.), Jr.." ]

About this Item

Title

  • Arnold Barker, Jr. Collection

Names

  • WRCB-TV Channel 3
  • Bowen, Sarah
  • Mavredes, Tony
  • Barker Jr., Arnold

State of Birth

  • TN

Home State

  • TN

Headings

  • -  Barker Jr., Arnold
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Navy.
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Service History Note: The veteran served on the Aviation Combat Air Crew.
    • Branch of Service: Navy
    • Unit of Service: USS Hornet
    • Location of Service: Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Munda Island (New Hebrides Islands); Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Japan
    • Dates of Service: 1941-1960
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

  • Korean War, 1950-1953

    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Manuscript: Clippings [3 items] -- (collected unknown)
  • Video: Betacam SP [3 items] -- Oral history interview (collected 01/21/2003)
  • Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [7 items] -- (collected unknown)
  • Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [5 items] -- (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Correspondence [1 item] -- (collected 12/8/1944)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/5900

Cite as

  • Arnold Barker, Jr. Collection (AFC/2001/001/5900), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Wrcb-Tv Channel 3, Sarah Bowen, Tony Mavredes, and Arnold Barker Jr. Arnold Barker, Jr. Collection. 1941. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.05900/.

APA citation style:

Wrcb-Tv Channel 3, Bowen, S., Mavredes, T. & Barker Jr, A. (1941) Arnold Barker, Jr. Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.05900/.

MLA citation style:

Wrcb-Tv Channel 3, et al. Arnold Barker, Jr. Collection. 1941. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.05900/>.