Personal Narrative Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Audio Recording Edward Wadington Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Missouri (BB 63)
- Location of Service: Pacific Theater
- Highest Rank: Storekeeper Third Class
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/11173
Edward Wadington served aboard the U.S.S Missouri from its first year of service until shortly after the end of the war. In addition to his description of a kamikaze attack that struck his gun turret, an incident now memorialized in a famous photograph, he provides a fascinating first-person account of the surrender ceremony aboard the Missouri on September 2, 1945.
Edward Wadington Collection
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Title
- Edward Wadington Collection
Names
- Kent, Judith J.
- Flagler County Public Library
- Wadington, Edward
Home State
- Florida
Headings
- - Wadington, Edward
- - 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 Missouri (BB 63)
- Location of Service: Pacific Theater
- Highest Rank: Storekeeper Third Class
- Dates of Service: 1943-1946
- Entrance into Service: Drafted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran worked in supply. Veteran was present at the Japanese surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri, which ended World War II. Veteran's battle station aboard the USS Missouri was hit by a kamikaze plane.
Materials
- Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Multiple types of electronic files (collected 1943-1946; 2004-01-25)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 2003-11-24)
- Manuscript: Mixed (Multiple types of manuscripts) [13 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected 1944-1945)
- Photograph: Digital print [20 items] -- Photograph (collected 1943-1946)
- Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-11-24)
- Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2003-11-24; 2006-03-21)
- Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2003-11-24; 2006-08-24)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 2003-11-24)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/11173
Cite as
- Edward Wadington Collection (AFC/2001/001/11173), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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