Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Robert R. Carney Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Service Unit/Ship: USS Bush (DD 529); Fleet Air Wing Four; V-12 Program; Navy Reserve
- Location of Service: Salem, Oregon; Portland, Oregon; Pacific Theater; New Guinea; Leyte Island (Philippines); Luzon (Philippines); Iwo Jima; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands)
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/114378
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16mm color film footage from World War II, including footage of a crossing the equator ceremony and a Japanese aircraft being shot down in the Surigao Strait aong other events.
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About this Item
Title
- Robert R. Carney Collection
Names
- Shorak, B.J.
- Carney, Robert R.
- National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
- Odermott, Linda
Home State
- Oregon
Headings
- - Carney, Robert R.
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Navy.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Service Unit/Ship: USS Bush (DD 529); Fleet Air Wing Four; V-12 Program; Navy Reserve
- Location of Service: Salem, Oregon; Portland, Oregon; Pacific Theater; New Guinea; Leyte Island (Philippines); Luzon (Philippines); Iwo Jima; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands)
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade
- Dates of Service: 1943-1961
- Entrance into Service: Commissioned
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2018-08-29)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 2018-08-29)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Home movie footage (collected 1943-1944; 2017)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2018-08-29; 2019-02-01)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 1943-1944; 2019-02-01)
- Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2018)
- Manuscript: Clippings [13 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1945-2015)
- Manuscript: Correspondence [15 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected 1945-2004)
- Manuscript: Creative works [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1945-10-14)
- Manuscript: Diaries and journals [1 item] -- Handwritten document (collected 1943-1945)
- Manuscript: Memoir [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
- Manuscript: Military Papers [231 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected 1943-1961)
- Manuscript: Printed matter [4 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1999-2008)
- Manuscript: Unit histories [6 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected 1945-2017)
- Manuscript: Scrapbooks [1 item] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected 1943-1987)
- Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [81 items] -- Photographs (collected 1943-2006)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/114378
Online Format
- online text
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Physical Form
- Biographical Information
- Correspondence
- Creative Works
- Diaries and Journals
- Transcript
- Unit Histories
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Iwo Jima
- Leyte Island (Philippines)
- Luzon (Philippines)
- New Guinea
- Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands)
- Pacific Theater
- Portland, Oregon
- Salem, Oregon