Howard R. Schoenbaum Oral History Interview

June 6, 1991
Oral History #OH0130
Creator(s)
Schoenbaum, Howard R. (Interviewee); Lennon, Donald R. (Interviewer)
Physical description
0.005 Cubic Feet, 1 audiotape, .75 hours, 22 pages
Preferred Citation
Howard R. Schoenbaum Oral History Interview (#OH0130), 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

Lt. Commander Schoenbaum comments on his background in Virginia and West Virginia, attendance at prep school, and experiences at the U.S. Naval Academy. For World War II, he mentions convoy duty in the North Atlantic aboard the destroyer SCHENCK, duty in the BUTLER during patrols in the South Atlantic and Allied invasions of Sicily and Normandy, and experiences aboard the CUSHING in the South China Sea.


Administrative information
Source of acquisition

Gift of Howard R. Schoenbaum

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.

General note

1920s-1945


Key terms
Personal Names
Schoenbaum, Howard R.
Corporate Names
United States Naval Academy--History
United States. Navy--Officers--Interviews
Topical
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Atlantic Ocean
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Mediterranean Sea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean