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Max Lilley [2005]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Coast Guard
  • Unit of Service: USS LST-261 (Landing Ship Tank)
  • Location of Service: New London, Connecticut; European Theater; Pacific Theater; Indian Ocean
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/39592

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"We were souvenir hunting [on Juno Beach after the D-Day invasion]...and then we ran \\ninto these bodies, stacked like cordwood. Germans in one pile, British in another. Here \\nwe were, these guys were dying and we were picking up souvenirs. I didn't think that was \\na nice thing for us to be doing, so I went back aboard the ship. I quit doing that." (Video \\nInterview, 48:34)

Max Lilley joined the Coast Guard shortly after Pearl Harbor was attacked because it was "the thing to do" and he liked their uniforms better than those of the Merchant Marines. As a gunnery officer, Lilley sailed around the world, stopping at ports in North Africa, India, and Europe, and France. Mr. Lilley's ship participated in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, successfully delivering British "Desert Rats" onto Juno Beach.

Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Max Wayne Lilley Collection

Names

  • Eckels, Robert T.
  • Blunt, Roy
  • Lilley, Max Wayne
  • U.S. House of Representatives/Roy Blunt

Home State

  • Missouri

Headings

  • -  Lilley, Max Wayne
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Coast Guard.

Form

  • DVD

Extent

  • 1 item

Repository

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

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Coast Guard
    • Unit of Service: USS LST-261 (Landing Ship Tank)
    • Location of Service: New London, Connecticut; European Theater; Pacific Theater; Indian Ocean
    • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
    • Dates of Service: 1942-1945
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2005-10-08)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/39592

Cite as

  • Max Wayne Lilley Collection (AFC/2001/001/39592), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

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Citing VHP Materials

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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:

Eckels, Robert T, Roy Blunt, Max Wayne Lilley, and U.S. House Of Representatives/Roy Blunt. Max Wayne Lilley Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.39592/.

APA citation style:

Eckels, R. T., Blunt, R., Lilley, M. W. & U.S. House Of Representatives/Roy Blunt. (1942) Max Wayne Lilley Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.39592/.

MLA citation style:

Eckels, Robert T, et al. Max Wayne Lilley Collection. 1942. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.39592/>.