Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Dale Kenneth Dirst Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Astoria (CA 34); USS Thompson (DD 627)
- Location of Service: Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Coral Sea; Normandy, France; Sicily, Italy; North Africa; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; New Guinea; Pacific Theater; European Theater
- Highest Rank: Fire Controlman Second Class
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/27203
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About this Item
Title
- Dale Kenneth Dirst Collection
Names
- Patsy Ray
- Gift, Gary R.
- Fine, Sally
- Charles F. Dirst
- Dirst, Dale Kenneth
- VA Medical Center, Prescott, Arizona
Home State
- Illinois
Headings
- - Dirst, Dale Kenneth
- - 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 Astoria (CA 34); USS Thompson (DD 627)
- Location of Service: Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Coral Sea; Normandy, France; Sicily, Italy; North Africa; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; New Guinea; Pacific Theater; European Theater
- Highest Rank: Fire Controlman Second Class
- Dates of Service: 1939-1945
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2004-01-20)
- Manuscript: Diaries and journals [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1944)
- Manuscript: Correspondence [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1994-11-17)
- Manuscript: Clippings [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2004-05-05)
- Manuscript: Unit histories [4 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1944)
- Photograph: Copy photographic print [1 item] -- Photograph (collected 1994-08-27)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/27203
Cite as
- Dale Kenneth Dirst Collection (AFC/2001/001/27203), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Coral Sea
- European Theater
- Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)
- New Guinea
- Normandy, France
- North Africa
- Pacific Theater
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Sicily, Italy