| Title: |
Arvil Steel
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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: |
After Arvil Steele completed the ninth grade, he quit school and joined the U.S. Army. By Christmas 1940, he found himself stationed far from home in Iba, Philippines. Mr. Steele’s first year in the South Pacific passed peacefully; but, on December 7, 1941, the peace was shattered. On that fateful day, Arvil was dining in the mess hall when, Someone hollered, The planes are coming! He ran outside and looked up to see about a hundred planes. “They were silver in this pretty blue sky,” Arvil recalls. “That was the prettiest sight you’d ever seen . . .until you saw those bomb bay doors open. The Japanese attacked the Philippines just hours after Pearl Harbor. I knew—and they should have known—that war was coming, Mr. Steele reflects.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Steel, Arvil
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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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: |
OHI0029672-32914
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