Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Audio Recording James Korney Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Emmons (DD 457 / DMS 22)); DESRON 18 (Destroyer Squadron)
- Location of Service: Newport, Rhode Island; Boston, Massachusetts; Newfoundland; Azores; North Africa; Murmansk, Russia; Normandy, France; Cherbourg, France; Marseille, France; Toulon, France; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); European Theater; Pacific Theater; Bermuda; Norway; Iceland; Portsmouth, England; Wales; South America; Lima, Peru; Valparaiso, Chile; Tehran, Iran
- Highest Rank: Water Tender Third Class
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/82109
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Interview of James Korney on 10/01/2010
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About this Item
Title
- James Korney Collection
Names
- Korney, James
- Kristen Snitzer
- Korney, James M.
- Snitzer, Kristen
Home State
- Rhode Island
Headings
- - Korney, James
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Navy.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Race
- White
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Emmons (DD 457 / DMS 22)); DESRON 18 (Destroyer Squadron)
- Location of Service: Newport, Rhode Island; Boston, Massachusetts; Newfoundland; Azores; North Africa; Murmansk, Russia; Normandy, France; Cherbourg, France; Marseille, France; Toulon, France; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); European Theater; Pacific Theater; Bermuda; Norway; Iceland; Portsmouth, England; Wales; South America; Lima, Peru; Valparaiso, Chile; Tehran, Iran
- Highest Rank: Water Tender Third Class
- Dates of Service: 1942-1946
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The USS Emmons was converted from a destroyer escort to a fast minesweeper and was hit by five kamikazes and sunk off the coast of Okinawa on 04/06/1945.
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2011-08-31)
- Photograph: Digital print [4 items] -- Photograph (collected 1944-06-06)
- Audio: CD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2012-09-01; 1994-12-31)
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2010-10-01; 2011-11-20)
- Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Handwritten document (collected 2012-09)
- Manuscript: Diaries and journals [1 item] -- Handwritten document (collected 1945)
- Photograph: Copy photographic print [4 items] -- Photograph (collected 1944-06-06)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/82109
Cite as
- James Korney Collection (AFC/2001/001/82109), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- audio
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Azores
- Bermuda
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Cherbourg, France
- European Theater
- Iceland
- Lima, Peru
- Marseille, France
- Murmansk, Russia
- Newfoundland
- Newport, Rhode Island
- Normandy, France
- North Africa
- Norway
- Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands)
- Pacific Theater
- Portsmouth, England
- South America
- Tehran, Iran
- Toulon, France
- Valparaiso, Chile
- Wales