| Title: |
Robert Llewellyn Balfour
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/2531
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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: |
He might have been found unfit for service when he enlisted in the wake of Pearl Harbor. But a determined Robert Balfour memorized the eye chart in his first Naval exam room and then managed to disguise a bum knee when he applied to become a Naval officer. He spent his first four months of duty in the Pacific on an LST that MacArthur would later use for his return to the Philippines, and Balfour spent much of the rest of the war working under Admiral Bull Halsey as a communications officer. He was on the deck of the Missouri when the surrender was signed--bad eyes, bad knee, and all.
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| Extent: |
11 pages
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| URL: |
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.02531/pageturner?ID=pm0001001
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Speaker: |
Balfour, Robert Llewellyn, 1918-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
16-May-1918
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Wisconsin; 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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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Navy
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| Historical events discussed: |
Korean Conflict, 1950-1953; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Korea; New Caledonia; North America; Oceania; Pacific Ocean; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; Korea; Korean Conflict, 1950-1953; Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American; Korean War, 1950-1953--Veterans; New Caledonia; North America; Oceania; Oral history; Pacific Ocean; U.S. Navy; 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: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0034275-37679
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