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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Marine Corps
  • Unit of Service: A Company, 1st Transport Battalion, 3rd Platoon
  • Location of Service: Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Peleliu (Palau Islands); Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands)
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/3551

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"Peleliu was a mean, very mean situation." (Audio Interview, 44:50)

Hubert Watt knew he was in for a rough time of it when he and his buddies heard Tokyo Rose announce details of their invasion of the Pacific island of Peleliu before the fighting even began. He was part of a transport company whose trucks were the most difficult pieces of equipment to get ashore. Even in the midst of the daily fighting, Watt did manage to come up with a humorous experience when he got lost driving around the island one night with a load of illuminating mortars-in the pitch dark, with his lights off to avoid attracting attention from the enemy.

Hubert Watt Collection
Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Hubert Watt Collection

Names

  • Lugar, Richard
  • Shaull, Philip A.
  • Watt, Hubert
  • U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar

Home State

  • Indiana

Headings

  • -  Watt, Hubert
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Marine Corps.

Form

  • Audio Cassette

Extent

  • 1 item

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Marine Corps
    • Unit of Service: A Company, 1st Transport Battalion, 3rd Platoon
    • Location of Service: Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Peleliu (Palau Islands); Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands)
    • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
    • Dates of Service: 1942-1946
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-03-15)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/3551

Cite as

  • Hubert Watt Collection (AFC/2001/001/3551), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

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Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Lugar, Richard, Philip A Shaull, Hubert Watt, and U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar. Hubert Watt Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.03551/.

APA citation style:

Lugar, R., Shaull, P. A., Watt, H. & U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar. (1942) Hubert Watt Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.03551/.

MLA citation style:

Lugar, Richard, et al. Hubert Watt Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.03551/>.