Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Thomas Francis Mahoney Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Curtiss (AV 4); USS O'Bannon (DE 450)
- Location of Service: Brooklyn, New York; Guantanamo City, Cuba; Trinidad; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands); Gilbert Islands; Pacific Theater
- Highest Rank: Electrician's Mate First Class
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/4109
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About this Item
Title
- Thomas Francis Mahoney Collection
Names
- Mahoney, Thomas Francis
- National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey (Center for US War Veterans Oral Histories)
- Fowler, Carol R.
Home State
- New Jersey
Headings
- - Mahoney, Thomas Francis
- - 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 Curtiss (AV 4); USS O'Bannon (DE 450)
- Location of Service: Brooklyn, New York; Guantanamo City, Cuba; Trinidad; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands); Gilbert Islands; Pacific Theater
- Highest Rank: Electrician's Mate First Class
- Dates of Service: 1940-1946
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran survived the attack on Pearl Harbor 12/07/1941. He participated in the following engagements: Western New Guinea operations; Hollandia Morotai landings; Leyte Destroyer (DD 450) operation and landings; Ormoc Bay landings; Luzon operations; Mindoro landings; Lingayen Gulf landings; Bataan-Corregidor landings; other Philippine Island landings; Borneo landing; carrier strikes on Tokyo, Nagoya, Kure, Northern Honshu, and Hokkaido; escorting the USS Missouri, and leading the 3rd Fleet triumphantly into Sagami Wan and Tokyo Bay.
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2002-01-14)
- Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-01-14)
- Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
- Manuscript: Clippings [1 item] -- (collected 2001-12-07)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/4109
Cite as
- Thomas Francis Mahoney Collection (AFC/2001/001/4109), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Brooklyn, New York
- Gilbert Islands
- Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)
- Guantanamo City, Cuba
- Pacific Theater
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands)
- Trinidad