Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Richard Oliver Young Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Worden (DD 352); USS Laub (DD 613)
- Location of Service: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Coral Sea; Midway; Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Pacific Theater; Sicily, Italy; European Theater; Mediterranean Sea
- Highest Rank: Shipfitter Third Class
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/49970
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Title
- Richard Oliver Young Collection
Names
- Young, Thomas Gregory
- Young, Richard Oliver
Home State
- Virginia
Headings
- - Young, Richard Oliver
- - 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: USS Worden (DD 352); USS Laub (DD 613)
- Location of Service: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Coral Sea; Midway; Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Pacific Theater; Sicily, Italy; European Theater; Mediterranean Sea
- Highest Rank: Shipfitter Third Class
- Dates of Service: 1940-1945
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2013)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2005; 2006-08-25)
- Video: VHS [1 item] -- Television broadcast (collected 2004)
- Manuscript: Clippings [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 2002)
- Manuscript: Correspondence [1 item] -- Handwritten document (collected 1941-12-20)
- Manuscript: Diaries and journals [1 item] -- Handwritten document (collected 1941)
- Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1993)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [3 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1942-1945)
- Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [6 items] -- Photograph (collected 1939-1943)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/49970
Cite as
- Richard Oliver Young Collection (AFC/2001/001/49970), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
IIIF Presentation Manifest
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Coral Sea
- European Theater
- Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)
- Mediterranean Sea
- Midway
- Pacific Theater
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Sicily, Italy