| Title: |
Joseph Jefferson Mickey
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/10305
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
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| Collection: |
Veterans History Project
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| Description: |
The piece of equipment which Joseph Mickey credits with saving his life in the Pacific Theater of World War II wasn't standard GI issue. Mickey was the only soldier in that area of operations who knew how to operate a stenotype machine, similar to what court reporters use, and what many officers preferred for dictating documents. So after the U.S. landed in the Philippines Mickey was taken out of the infantry and assigned to General MacArthur's headquarters. He continued to work for MacArthur during the early days of the Occupation. At the age of 86, Mickey still had that life-saving machine.
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| Extent: |
4 pages
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| URL: |
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.10305/pageturner?ID=pm0001001
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Speaker: |
Mickey, Joseph Jefferson, 1917-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
21-Mar-1917
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Illinois; United States; North America
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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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| Interviewer: |
Ferris, Dorothy I.
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Army
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Japan; Leyte, Philippines; Manila, Philippines; North America; Philippines; Tokyo, Japan; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; Japan; Leyte, Philippines; Manila, Philippines; North America; Oral history; Philippines; Tokyo, Japan; U.S. Army; United States; United States--Armed Forces; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0032835-35918
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