Howard Catton Gilbert Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Howard Catton Gilbert

State of Birth:

WA

Home State:

WA

Gender

Male

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War or Conflict

World War, 1939-1945

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1943-1946

Entrance into Service

Enlisted

Branch of Service

Navy

Unit of Service

Naval Armed Guard; Sea Devil (troop ship); Prowess (Liberty ship)

Location of Service

Naval Training Station, Farragut, Idaho; Class A Gunnery School, San Diego, California; Australia; New Guinea; Calcutta, India; Pacific Theater

Highest Rank

Boatswain's Mate Second Class

Prisoner of War

No

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview

Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [4 items] -- Photograph

Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy

Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript

Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording

Interviewer:

Janet Hammond

Contributor:

Helen Reed

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Park County Veterans History Project

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/09602

Subjects:

Gilbert, Howard Catton

World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives

United States. Navy.

Cite as:

Howard Catton Gilbert Collection
(AFC/2001/001/09602), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress