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WWII Oral history interview with Charles Goerdt
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- Creator
- interviewed by Ben Cartwright and Josie Petersen
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1995
- Physical Details
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- 1 audiocassette + 1 DVD-ROM (sound ; 4 3/4 in.)
- OCLC
- ocn990182725
- Central High School WWII Project Oral History Collection.
- Tape quality is very poor; note accompanying tape states the sound is sped up and "chipmunk like."
- Enlisted as a pilot in the U.S. Navy (est. 1775), reasons for enlisting, ca. 1941--Combat encounter with a German submarine off the coast of Trinidad [?]--Completed training as a carrier fighter pilot at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, worked as an instructor at Corpus Christi, enlisted before the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941), transferred to Norfolk, Virginia, then transferred to a utility center, flew near Cologne and Berlin, Germany--Enlisted while a student at the University of Iowa (est. 1847, Iowa City, Iowa), discharged from the U.S. Navy (est. 1775) at age 22, in the Navy for five years--Earned rank of Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy (est. 1775) --Personal feelings about other countries' customs when abroad, impressed--In the U.S. Navy (est. 1775) for five years, wrote home a lot, father died while Goerdt was in the U.S. Navy--Married in 1945--Felt it was the right decision to volunteer for military service during in World War Two (1939-1945)--Experience coming home from World War Two (1939-1945), realized that he had lost 5 years of his life to the war, went back to the University of Iowa (est. 1847, Iowa City, Iowa)--Has trouble hearing because of his experience during World War Two (1939-1945)--Differences in patriotism, ca. 1940s and 1995, thoughts on the younger generation, ca. 1995--Thoughts on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA, est. 1930)--Does not belong to any military service organizations, communicates with other veterans--None of his children served in the military--Personal views on U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War (1964-1975) and the Gulf War (1990-1991), believes they were motivated by political decisions--He agreed with the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan (August 6, 1945)--Friends and family lost in World War Two (1939-1945), people died in training