Biographical/historical information

H. A. I. Sugg was born in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma in 1918. Sugg's was interested in the U.S. Military Academy, but was too young so he went to Linfield College at McMinnville, Oregon for a year. The following year he applied again the U.S. Military Academy, but there was no more room, so he applied and was granted entrance into the United States Naval Academy. He was discharged from the Academy three years later because of his poor eyesight and wasn't allowed to join the Navy again. After the strike on Pearl Harbor, Sugg's decided to try again and ended up joining the USS MEADE at Staten Island.

Scope and arrangement

This collection contains memoirs "USS MEADE (DD 602), Goes to War," "USS Brinkley Bass (DD 887): Some Personal Recollections, and "The AOE Revisited," written by a U.S. Naval officer during World War II. This collection also includes a map of the route the USS Meade made in the Pacific (1942-1945).

Administrative information

Custodial History

April 21, 1998), 96 pages; Memoirs of U.S. Naval officer during World War II, including "USS MEADE (DD 602) Goes to War," "USS BRINKLEY BASS (DD 887): Some Personal Recollections," and "The AOE Revisited," along with a copy of a map reflecting the route of the USS MEADE in the Pacific (1942-1945). Donor: Cdr. H.A.I. Sugg, USN (Ret).

Source of acquisition

Gift of Cdr. H.A.I. Sugg

Processing information

Encoded by Apex Data Services

Descriptions updated by Ashlyn Racine, August 2023

Copyright notice

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

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Key terms

Personal Names

Sugg, H. A. I.

Corporate Names

Brinkley Bass (Destroyer)
Meade (Destroyer)
United States. Navy--Officers

Topical

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American

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