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Oral History Interview with Fred Earl Smith, October 19, 2002
No full textThe National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fred Earl Smith. Smith was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 20 April 1923. Joining the Navy soon after graduation in 1941, he completed boot training at San Diego. Upon graduating from fire control school, he reported aboard the USS Tennessee (BB-43) at Pearl Harbor. He experienced the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and retrieved bodies in the aftermath. He was assigned to the USS Hornet (CV-8). After the Hornet sank, Smith was transferred to the USS Saratoga (CV-3) in June 1943. The Saratoga returned to the United States for repairs after being damaged by Japanese torpedoes and Smith received orders to report aboard the USS Hancock (CV-19). In November 1944, the Hancock was hit by a kamikaze and Smith was wounded. After being hospitalized in Hawaii for a short period of time, he was sent to the Naval Hospital at Norman, Oklahoma. He also shares various experiences he had following World War II. Smith retired in 1968 after twenty-seven years of active service
Stephen Smith photograph, Fred Cox's waltzer, 1983.
No full textFred Cox's Waltzer - A164 - photographed April 1983
Stephen Smith photograph, Fred Thompson's yard, 1981.
No full textFred Thompson equipment and transport photographed 1981
Fred Alfred Smith
No full textPortrait, head and shoulders. On recto: [photo. stamp] Proof " Naiman Studio. 3016-14th St." On verso: see 4:39. bsa 1925. Fred Smith.Upon graduation from the University of Arkansas in 1925, Fred Alfred Smith was employed as the Smith-Hughes vocational agriculture teacher and football coach at Dardanelle High School. He wrote a weekly agricultural-related column in the Dardanelle Post-Dispatch and was instrumental in initiating significant agriculture improvements in the Yell County community. In 1929, Fred was named master teacher for the twelve states in the Smith-Hughes Southern Regional Conference
Boys will be boys [music] : a stirring march song /
No full textFor voice and piano.; "The all-star edition of popular shilling songs".; "21st edition".; "Sung by Miss Nellie Stewart".; Cover carries port. of Miss Nellie Stewart.; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-an11791420
[Letter from Fred C. Smith to T. N. Carswell - May 27, 1941]
No full textA letter written to Mr. Carswell, from Fred C. Smith, Moran, Texas, dated May 27, 1941. Smith acknowledges the letter from Carswell assuring him of the support of the Moran Post members for his campaign for District Commander
The Fred Smith Story
Get PDFLetter - Written to A.W. Soare (Bert) from Uncle Fred Smith, Captain Holt's Party, V.J. MacGillycuddy-Constable N.W.M. Police, F.W. White-North-West Mounted Police-Office of the Comptroller and W. Davis Burlinson. In 1898 Fred Smith left the force to seek his fortune in the gold fields of the Yukon. He was grubstaked (funded for a share of the profits) by a syndicate from Yorkshire headed by his nephew W. Davis Burlinson, a stockbroker. The nature of the letters are sympathy and explanation to the family following his death in Athabaska Landing, as well as a follow-up letter lamenting the "splendid chances thrown away" with Mr. Smith's death (16 pages
Oral History Interview with Fred Earl Smith, October 19, 2002
No full textThe National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Fred Earl Smith. Smith was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 20 April 1923. Joining the Navy soon after graduation in 1941, he completed boot training at San Diego. Upon graduating from fire control school, he reported aboard the USS Tennessee (BB-43) at Pearl Harbor. He experienced the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and retrieved bodies in the aftermath. He was assigned to the USS Hornet (CV-8). After the Hornet sank, Smith was transferred to the USS Saratoga (CV-3) in June 1943. The Saratoga returned to the United States for repairs after being damaged by Japanese torpedoes and Smith received orders to report aboard the USS Hancock (CV-19). In November 1944, the Hancock was hit by a kamikaze and Smith was wounded. After being hospitalized in Hawaii for a short period of time, he was sent to the Naval Hospital at Norman, Oklahoma. He also shares various experiences he had following World War II. Smith retired in 1968 after twenty-seven years of active service
[Letter from Fred C. Smith to Major T. N. Carswell - April 21, 1941]
No full textA letter addressed to Major T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from Fred C. Smith, Moran, Texas, dated April 21, 1941. Smith advises Carswell that he and several of the men will attend the Albany Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet and wanted to avoid being absent for inspection if it was planned for the same evening. He expresses his appreciation for the courtesy shown to them by Carswell and the other officers and by the Chamber of Commerce
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