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Oral History Interview with Frank M. 'Tommy' Thompson, February 19, 2005
No full textThe National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank M. ""Tommy"" Thompson. Thompson was attending the University of Virginia in 1942 when he decided to enlist in the Marine Corps with some friends. Soon, he found himself training in Hawaii. He describes the lines of men waiting to get into the whorehouses in Honolulu. He landed on Saipan with the Second Marine Division where he describes a banzai attack by the Japanese infantry. Thompson witnessed the famous incident when Marine General Holland M. Smith fired Army General Ralph Smith on Saipan. Thompson continues with more anecdotes about combat on Saipan. He also went to Guam right before the island was declared secure. Thompson shares an anecdote about selling souvenirs to Army and Navy personnel on Guam. He then discusses landing and fighting on Iwo Jima. He finishes with an anecdote about guarding General H.M. Smith's quarters on Oahu toward the end of the war
Letter from Frank Chin
No full textA letter from Frank Chin arguing that their should be a day name after Japanese American activist James Omura, and describing the kind of celebration that should take place in his honor. The day Chin proposes in November 27th, Omura's birthday.These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn
Letter from [Frank] Chin to Paul [Tsuneishi], December 23, 1997
No full textA letter to Paul [Tsuneishi] from [Frank] Chin about planning the speakers and the media outreach for "Michi Day," the event to celebrate author Michi Weglyn and her book "Years of Infamy."These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn
Oral History Interview with Frank M. 'Tommy' Thompson, February 19, 2005
No full textThe National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank M. ""Tommy"" Thompson. Thompson was attending the University of Virginia in 1942 when he decided to enlist in the Marine Corps with some friends. Soon, he found himself training in Hawaii. He describes the lines of men waiting to get into the whorehouses in Honolulu. He landed on Saipan with the Second Marine Division where he describes a banzai attack by the Japanese infantry. Thompson witnessed the famous incident when Marine General Holland M. Smith fired Army General Ralph Smith on Saipan. Thompson continues with more anecdotes about combat on Saipan. He also went to Guam right before the island was declared secure. Thompson shares an anecdote about selling souvenirs to Army and Navy personnel on Guam. He then discusses landing and fighting on Iwo Jima. He finishes with an anecdote about guarding General H.M. Smith's quarters on Oahu toward the end of the war
Interviews with Eugene Anderson, Dean Hickman, and Frank T. Thompson
No full textDoris Paul interviewing Eugene Anderson, Dean Hickman, and Frank T. Thompson, for her book "The Navajo code talkers" (1973)
Letter from Frank Chin to Dale [Minami], December 7, 1997
No full textA letter from Frank Chin to Dale [Minami] thanking him for sending a VHS clip for "Michi Day." Chin devotes the bulk of the letter to a proposal for creating a bell, that would be made of pieces of metal from incarceration camps, to celebrate Japanese American redress.These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn
Letter from [Frank] Chin to David
No full textA letter from [Frank] Chin to David about buying space for a classified ad in the New York Times Sunday Book Review, that will mention the tribute to Michi Weglyn in February of 1998. The purpose of the ad is to solicit "photos and artifacts depicting the different phases of Michi's life." Chin writes that the materials will be used in"Yosh Kurimoya's Michi Show" at the event.These materials are from box 73 and 74 of the Frank Chin Papers. The Frank Chin Papers contain personal and professional correspondence between Frank Chin and Michi Weglyn relating to particular projects on which either author was working as well as files related to the Day of Remembrance Tribute to Michi Weglyn
Then Dare, forsake whate'er you know is wrong, and dare to rise [first line of chorus]
No full textstrophic with choruspiano and voice (solo and satb chorus)Respectfully Dedicated to Mr. Wm. Skinner, Lyons, Iowaads on inside bottom margins, on inside front and back covers for W.L. Thompson & Co. stockJohns Hopkins University, Levy Sheet Music Collection, Box
133, Item 149Words by Frank Dumont. Music by Will L. Thompson.Sung By Concert and Minstrel Troupes Everywher
Then Dare, forsake whate'er you know is wrong, and dare to rise [first line of chorus]
No full textstrophic with choruspiano and voice (solo and satb chorus)Respectfully Dedicated to Mr. Wm. Skinner, Lyons, Iowaads on inside bottom margins, on inside front and back covers for W.L. Thompson & Co. stockJohns Hopkins University, Levy Sheet Music Collection, Box
133, Item 149Words by Frank Dumont. Music by Will L. Thompson.Sung By Concert and Minstrel Troupes Everywher
Frank Thompson
No full textPhotograph of Frank Thompson, the first fiddler among the Sac & Fox Indians, c.1915
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