| Title: |
Clayton Lee
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Rice University. Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
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| Collection: |
Heights Remembers World War II Oral History Project
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| Description: |
When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Mr. Clayton Lee was playing trombone with the Elks’ Club band. That day, Mr. Lee stopped playing and went to work. He closed the family plumbing business that he had taken over at age nineteen and went to work for the Houston Shipbuilding Company. On the docks of the Houston ship channel, Mr. Lee helped build 123 Liberty Ships, which carried ammunition and supplies overseas. He recalls the first ship he helped build, the Sam Houston. It didn’t even get out of the Gulf of Mexico before the Germans sunk it, Mr. Lee remarks.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Lee, Clayton
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel; Plumber; Shipyard employee
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Europe; Japan; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; Europe; History; Japan; Local history; North America; Oral history; Soldiers; United States; Veterans; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--War work; World War, 1939-1945--Women
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0029666-32908
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