John Conner Atkeson, Sr., oral history interview, November 29, 1975; March 30, 1976

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John Conner Atkeson, Sr., oral history interview, November 29, 1975; March 30, 1976

1975-1976

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/OH0029/

The interview covers his duty aboard the ARKANSAS and DENVER in the late 1920s, the WYOMING, LEARY, and BARRY. in the 1930s, the GILMER, LEARY, BAILEY, HEALEY, BENNER, and ENGLISH in the 1940s, and the NEW JERSEY in the 1950s.

0.015 Cubic Feet; 3 audiocassettes, 1.5 hours, 75 pages

eng, Latn

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11659649

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...

Atkeson, John Conner

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John Conner Atkeson, Sr. (b. Sept. 11, 1905), entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1922. He served in the South Atlantic (Panama, Cuba, and Nicaragua; 1927-1939) and was a destroyer commander in both the Pacific and Atlantic during World War II. Following the war he served in the Mediterranean and then as head of the Navy's division of the Military Advisory Group. Heavily decorated during World War II, Atkeson retired as a rear admiral in 1957....