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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Branch of Service: Navy
  • Unit of Service: USS Franklin (CV 13)
  • Location of Service: Pacific Theater; Pensacola, Florida; Norfolk, Virginia; Philippines; Pacific Theater
  • Highest Rank: Hospital Corpsman First Class

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"I wasn't as cocky. It was a pain to go back into battle." (Video Interview, 24:58)

He had never been aboard a boat bigger than a rowboat, so when North Carolina farm boy Harold Lippard boarded the huge aircraft carrier Franklin, he might be expected to be awed. Still, Lippard called on his training and kept his composure amid one of the worst catastrophes in U.S. Naval history, when a kamikaze plane dropped two huge bombs on the Franklin on March 19, 1945. Even after he was blown overboard by an explosion, Lippard continued to bring aid and comfort to his fellow sailors.

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About this Item

Title

  • Harold Augustus Lippard Collection

Names

  • WRCB-TV Channel 3
  • Bowen, Sarah
  • Lippard, Harold Augustus
  • National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
  • Karen St. Cyr
  • Willie, Michael

State of Birth

  • NC

Home State

  • TN

Headings

  • -  Lippard, Harold Augustus
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Navy.
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Navy.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Navy
    • Unit of Service: USS Franklin (CV 13)
    • Location of Service: Pacific Theater; Pensacola, Florida; Norfolk, Virginia; Philippines; Pacific Theater
    • Highest Rank: Hospital Corpsman First Class
    • Dates of Service: 1944-1956
    • Military Status: Veteran

  • Korean War, 1950-1953

    • Branch of Service: Navy
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Video: Betacam SX [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 05/18/2004)
  • Video: Digital Betacam [2 items] -- Digitized Copy (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 07/25/2013)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/20960

Cite as

  • Harold Augustus Lippard Collection (AFC/2001/001/20960), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

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.

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Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

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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, Harold Augustus Lippard, National Court Reporters Association, Karen St. Cyr, and Michael Willie. Harold Augustus Lippard Collection. 1944. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.20960/.

APA citation style:

Wrcb-Tv Channel 3, Bowen, S., Lippard, H. A., National Court Reporters Association, Karen St. Cyr & Willie, M. (1944) Harold Augustus Lippard Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.20960/.

MLA citation style:

Wrcb-Tv Channel 3, et al. Harold Augustus Lippard Collection. 1944. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.20960/>.