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Oral History Program Interview: Robert Lewis Kessler, Jr.
No full textCALIFORNIA STATE COLLEGE, BAKERSFIELD\ud
CALIFORNIA ODYSSEY\ud
The 1930s Migration to the Southern San Joaquin Valley\ud
Oral History Program\ud
Interview Between\ud
INTERVIEWEE:\ud
Robert Lewis Kessler, Jr.\ud
PLACE OF BIRTH: Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma\ud
INTERVIEWER: Michael Neel
Robert Lewis
No full textRobert Lewis is pictured his senior year at Uintah High School. He was born to Franklin C. and Frances Elizabeth Lewis on July 30, 1929. He died September 8, 1989
Oral History Interview with Robert Lewis Kelly, June 5, 2005
No full textTranscript of an oral interview with Robert Lewis Kelly. Kelly joined the Naval Reserve in 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was sent to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on an ATA (auxiliary ocean tug.) He initially served on a troop transport ship. He later served on minelayers and minesweepers in the Atlantic Theater. He describes being transported in Africa in a 40-and-8 box car. He also provides information about his parents and siblings. He served until the end of the war. Kelly served on a troop transport ship in both the Pacific and Atlantic Theaters. He went to Mine Warfare School and then served on minesweepers and minelayers. He provided minesweeping support for the Normandy Invasion. In addition to sharing information about minelaying and minesweeping, he describes being on liberty in Greece; serving as a brig warden; experiencing a tsunami and a typhoon while at sea; witnessing a German submarine attack near Bermuda; experiencing a London air raid; witnessing the USS Osprey and the USS Tide hitting mines and the USS Texas being hit by German shells; and living on the beach in Casablanca. He recounts a story about missing alcohol in the marine compass. He also describes the food situation for people in Naples, Italy. He was serving in Norfolk, Virginia at the close of the war
Kimberly, Robert Lewis
No full textA carte-de-visite card of Robert Lewis Kimberly, a member of the Union army during the American Civil War.https://digitalcommons.lmunet.edu/allmcdv/1301/thumbnail.jp
Davis, Robert Lewis
No full textCertificate of Death, Arkansas State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, for Robert Lewis Davis, issued 5 January 1958.https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/wiley_records/1218/thumbnail.jp
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