Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Robert M. Spide Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Cold War
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Beatty (DD 756); USS Wahoo (SS 565); Nuclear Power School, New London; USS Snook (SSN 592); USS Woodrow Wilson (SSBN -624); USS Patrick Henry (SSBN 599); USS Woodworth (DD 460)
- Location of Service: Newport, Rhode Island; Great Lakes, Illinois; New London, Connecticut; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Japan; Philippines; Taiwan; Guam (Mariana Islands); Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Arco, Idaho; Pascagoula, Mississippi; San Diego, California; Mare Island, California; Charleston, South Carolina; Rota, Spain; Holy Loch, Scotland; Key West, Florida; Boston, Massachusetts; North Africa; Sicily, Italy; Greece; France; Haiti; Cuba;
- Highest Rank: Senior Chief Electronics Technician
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/85873
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Title
- Robert M. Spide Collection
Names
- Spide, Robert M.
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
- Sison, Mary Ann
- Foster, Buck T.
Home State
- Mississippi
Headings
- - Spide, Robert M.
- - Cold War -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Navy.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Race
- White
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Cold War
- Branch of Service: Navy
- Unit of Service: USS Beatty (DD 756); USS Wahoo (SS 565); Nuclear Power School, New London; USS Snook (SSN 592); USS Woodrow Wilson (SSBN -624); USS Patrick Henry (SSBN 599); USS Woodworth (DD 460)
- Location of Service: Newport, Rhode Island; Great Lakes, Illinois; New London, Connecticut; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Japan; Philippines; Taiwan; Guam (Mariana Islands); Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Arco, Idaho; Pascagoula, Mississippi; San Diego, California; Mare Island, California; Charleston, South Carolina; Rota, Spain; Holy Loch, Scotland; Key West, Florida; Boston, Massachusetts; North Africa; Sicily, Italy; Greece; France; Haiti; Cuba;
- Highest Rank: Senior Chief Electronics Technician
- Dates of Service: 1949-1973
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran also served on the USS Wilkinson (DL 5); USS Kyne (DDE 744); USS Greenfish (SS 351); USS Arcadia (AD 23).
Materials
- Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected unknown)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1956-1966)
- Photograph: Digital print [13 items] -- Photograph (collected 1953-2004)
- Video: Digital File [ item] -- (collected unknown)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/85873
Cite as
- Robert M. Spide Collection (AFC/2001/001/85873), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Arco, Idaho
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Cuba
- France
- Great Lakes, Illinois
- Greece
- Guam (Mariana Islands)
- Haiti
- Holy Loch, Scotland
- Japan
- Key West, Florida
- Mare Island, California
- New London, Connecticut
- Newport, Rhode Island
- North Africa
- Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands)
- Pascagoula, Mississippi
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Philippines
- Rota, Spain
- San Diego, California
- Sicily, Italy
- Taiwan
Service Unit
- New London
- Nuclear Power School
- USS Beatty (Dd 756)
- USS Patrick Henry (Ssbn 599)
- USS Snook (Ssn 592)
- USS Wahoo (Ss 565)
- USS Woodrow Wilson (Ssbn -624)
- USS Woodworth (Dd 460)