Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Paul D. Grimes Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Service Unit/Ship: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 58 (NMCB Seabees); Naval Facilities Engineering Command; Bureau of Naval Personnel; SS Samuel T. Darling; SS Bienville; SS Hope Victory; USS Suncook (AN 80); Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 6 (NMCB Seabees); UDT-21; UDT-22
- Location of Service: Vietnam; Bainbridge, Maryland; Camp Shelton, Virginia; Brooklyn, New York; Little Creek, Virginia; Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands); Newfoundland, Canada; Miramar, California; Davisville, Rhode Island; Washington, DC; Mediterranean Sea; Antarctica; Fiji; Africa
- Highest Rank: Master Chief Equipmentman
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/115689
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About this Item
Title
- Paul D. Grimes Collection
Names
- Grimes, Paul D.
- Miller, Shawn
- Library of Congress
Home State
- Washington (D.C.)
Headings
- - Grimes, Paul D.
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Navy.
- - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- 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: SS Samuel T. Darling; SS Bienville; SS Hope Victory; USS Suncook (AN 80); Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 6 (NMCB Seabees); UDT-21; UDT-22
- Location of Service: Bainbridge, Maryland; Camp Shelton, Virginia; Brooklyn, New York; Little Creek, Virginia; Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands); Newfoundland, Canada; Miramar, California; Davisville, Rhode Island; Washington, DC; Mediterranean Sea; Antarctica; Fiji; Africa
- Dates of Service: 1943-1968
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Service Unit/Ship: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 58 (NMCB Seabees); Naval Facilities Engineering Command; Bureau of Naval Personnel
- Location of Service: Vietnam
- Highest Rank: Master Chief Equipmentman
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Video: Digital File [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2019-06-14; 2019)
- Manuscript: Military Papers [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1968)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/115689
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Bainbridge, Maryland
- Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)
- Brooklyn, New York
- Camp Shelton, Virginia
- Davisville, Rhode Island
- Fiji
- Little Creek, Virginia
- Mediterranean Sea
- Miramar, California
- Newfoundland, Canada
- Vietnam
- Washington, DC
Service Unit/Ship
- Bureau of Naval Personnel
- Naval Facilities Engineering Command
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 58 (Nmcb Seabees)
- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 6 (Nmcb Seabees)
- Ss Bienville
- Ss Hope Victory
- Ss Samuel T. Darling
- Udt-21
- Udt-22
- USS Suncook (an 80)