Robert L. Ghormley, Jr. Oral History Interview
2010
Oral History Interview #OH0269
- Creator(s)
- York, Maurice C. (Interviewer); Ghormley, Robert Lee, Jr. (Interviewee)
- Physical description
- 0.01 Cubic Feet, 2 audiocassettes, 2 hours, no transcription, consisting of audio cassettes
- Preferred Citation
- Robert L. Ghormley, Jr. Oral History Interview (#OH0269), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
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U.S. Navy Commander Robert L. Ghormley, Jr., discusses the life and career of his father, Vice Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley (1883-1958), as well as his own childhood, family life, education at the U.S. Naval Academy, and career in the U.S. Navy. Vice Admiral Ghormley was a member of the United States Naval Academy Class of 1906 and his son was a member of the Class of 1948.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift of Robert L. Ghormley, Jr.
Copyright notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
General Note
Late 1890s-2010
Key terms
Personal Names
Ghormley, Robert Lee, 1883-1958
Ghormley, Robert Lee, Jr.
Corporate Names
United States Naval Academy--Students
United States. Navy--Officers--Interviews
Topical
Families of military personnel
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945