| Title: |
Sidney Fine
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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| Collection: |
Personal Oral History
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| Description: |
On Friday, March 13, 1998 I interviewed Professor Sidney Fine about his involvement and experiences in World War II and the Japanese occupation. He is a long-time professor of history at the University of Michigan, an authority on the history of America and the New Deal, as well as a Golden Apple award winner. He was born on October 11, 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio. During the war, Professor Fine served in the Office of Naval Intelligence. His assignment was in the Seventh fleet Naval intelligence, Unit three. He began his service as an Ensign and was latter promoted to Lieutenant, Junior grade. Professor Fine was mainly responsible for Japanese translation and occasional interrogation of prisoners. The transcript of his interview follows...
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| URL: |
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~amnornes/james.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1998 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Fine, Sidney, 1920-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
11-Oct-1920
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Cleveland, OH; Ohio; United States; North America
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel; Professor
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| Age at speaking: |
78
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| Document date: |
1998
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| Interviewer: |
Eliassen, James
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Michigan; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Biography; Interviews; Local history; Michigan; Michigan--History; North America; Oral history; United States; United States--History; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0029287-32430
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