Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Audio Recording Nathaniel Green Gordon Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: VP-34 (Patrol Squadron)
- Location of Service: New Orleans, Louisiana; Jacksonville, Florida; Kavieng (Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Sea; Pacific Theater
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/7940
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About this Item
Title
- Nathaniel Green Gordon Collection
Names
- Hughes, Marianne McWhirter
- Miller, Larry C.
- Gordon, Nathaniel Green
- Daughters of the American Revolution, National Society
Home State
- Arkansas
Headings
- - Gordon, Nathaniel Green
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Navy.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: VP-34 (Patrol Squadron)
- Location of Service: New Orleans, Louisiana; Jacksonville, Florida; Kavieng (Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Sea; Pacific Theater
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Dates of Service: 1941-1945
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran earned the Medal of Honor for landing four times in heavy seas to pick up 15 Army airmen in the Bismarck Sea while under fire from Japanese shore batteries on 02/15/1944.
Materials
- Audio: CD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-09-04)
- Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- (collected 1953)
- Manuscript: Clippings [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2002-08-04)
- Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-09-04)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/7940
Cite as
- Nathaniel Green Gordon Collection (AFC/2001/001/7940), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Part of
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Bismarck Sea
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Kavieng (Papua New Guinea)
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Pacific Theater