Bennet Puryear, Jr., oral history interview, November 13, 1975

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Bennet Puryear, Jr., oral history interview, November 13, 1975

1975

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/OH0026/

This oral interview documents many aspects of Puryear's career as a U.S. Marine Corps officer. Prior to World War I, topics include commissioning as a U.S. Marine second lieutenant (1905) and service in Cuba and the Isle of Pines (1907-1909), a teaching assignment at the Marine School of Applications in Port Royal, S.C. (1909-1911), quartermaster's duty at Cavite in the Philippines (1911-1914), and return to Mare island, S.C. (1914-1917).

0.005 Cubic Feet; 1 audiocassette, 1.5 hours, 28 pages

eng, Latn

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11659646

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Lennon, Donald R.

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>Don Lennon was a longtime director of the East Carolina Manuscript Collection and Coordinator of Special Collections. Born in Brunswick County, North Carolina on October 6, 1938, he attended junior college in Wilmington, NC before completing his studies at East Carolina College. He taught school and worked in the North Carolina state archives before returning to East Carolina to assist with the creation of a historical manuscript collection. He passed away in Greenville, NC on April 26, 2018.Do...

Puryear, Bennet

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Bennet Puryear, Jr., was born in Richmond, Virginia, and attended public schools there until 1895 when his family moved to a farm in Madison County, Virginia. His education continued informally, including instruction by his father, who was a Greek and Latin scholar, and his older brother, who was a mathematics professor. Later he attended Texas A & M University....