Charles G. Helmick Oral History Interview
June 2, 1978; February 3, 1983; February 8, 1983; June 2, 1984
Oral History #OH0052- Creator(s)
- Helmick, Charles G. (Charles Gardiner), 1892-1991; Whitehorne, Joseph; Lennon, Donald R.
- Physical description
- 0.01 Cubic Feet, 2 audiocassettes, 1.5 hours, 92 pages; interview 4 is not transcribed.
- Preferred Citation
- Charles G. Helmick Oral History Interview (#OH0052), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
Scope and arrangement
Major General Helmick discusses his early life as the son of an Army officer, graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy, artillery service in the Philippines (1913-1915) and along the Mexican border (1915-1916). W.W. I service in France and Germany is recounted as are peacetime assignments at Fort Benjamin Harrison and Fort Sill.
Interviews 2 and 3 were done by Lt. Col. Joseph W. A. Whitehorne at Mount Vernon, Virginia, on February 3 and 8, 1983. We do not have the tapes for these interviews.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift of Charles G. Helmick
Processing information
Encoded by Apex Data Services
Copyright notice
Repository does not own copyright to the oral history collection. Permission to cite, reproduce, or broadcast must be obtained from both the repository and the participants in the oral history, or their heirs.
Metadata Rights Declaration
General note
1892-1939
Key terms
Personal Names
Helmick, Charles G. (Charles Gardiner), 1892-1991Corporate Names
United States. Navy--Military lifeUnited States. Navy--Officers--Interviews
Topical
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--FranceWorld War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Germany