Charles P. Trumbull Oral History Interview

February 5, 1994
Oral History #OH0143
Creator(s)
Trumbull, Charles P. (Charles Pendleton), 1918- (Interviewee); Williams, Gene (Interviewer)
Physical description
0.005 Cubic Feet, 1 audiotape, 1 hour, 21 pages
Preferred Citation
Charles P. Trumbull Oral History Interview (#OH0143), 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

Commander Trumbull, a Connecticut native, recounts his experiences during World War II aboard the USS LOUISVILLE, USS GROWLER, and the USS CABEZON; his postwar duties on the USS TUSK and USS CHIVO; his assignment to Naval Intelligence School, deployment to the Panama Canal Zone, and years spent as U.S. Naval Attaché at Hong Kong; and his years as executive officer of the Naval station at Bermuda. A major portion of the interview concerns Commander Trumbull's post-naval career with low-frequency sound studies, the establishment of hydrophonic stations in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and related oceanographic endeavors..


Administrative information
Source of acquisition

Gift of Charles P. Trumbull

Processing information

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

General note

1941-1960s


Key terms
Personal Names
Trumbull, Charles P. (Charles Pendleton), 1918-
Family Names
Trumbull family
Corporate Names
Columbia University
United States. Navy--Officers--Interviews
United States. Navy--Submarine forces
Topical
Military attachés--China--Hong Kong
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean