James Harvey Brown Oral History Interviews, March 2, 1983; March 14, 1983; April 18, 1983; May 17, 1983; September 14, 1983; November 9, 1983

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James Harvey Brown Oral History Interviews, March 2, 1983; March 14, 1983; April 18, 1983; May 17, 1983; September 14, 1983; November 9, 1983

March 2, 1983; March 14, 1983; April 18, 1983; May 17, 1983; September 14, 1983; November 9, 1983

http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/OH0076/

Interviews detail Capt. Brown's background and education in South Dakota, his training at the naval academy, and his career as a naval officer.

0.065 Cubic Feet; 13 audiocassettes, 18 hours, 320 pages

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11665356

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...

Brown, James Harvey, 1912-

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Capt. James Harvey Brown, a native of South Dakota, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1935. Between 1935 and 1938 he served in the U.S.S. ASTORIA and the destroyer REUBEN JAMES. In 1938 he was appointed to the Asiatic Squadron, where he was aboard the AUGUSTA until 1940. Brown was on the SHAW when it was sunk at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 and subsequently served on destroyer duty in the Aleutians, where his ship, the ABNER READ, was struck by a mine....