Paul Albert Putnam Oral History Interview
November 13, 1975
Oral History #OH0027
- Creator(s)
- Putnam, Paul Albert (Interviewee); Lennon, Donald R. (Interviewer)
- Physical description
- 0.005 Cubic Feet, 1 audiocassette, 1.5 hours, 20 pages
- Preferred Citation
- Paul Albert Putnam Oral History Interview (#OH0027), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
- Repository
- ECU Manuscript Collection
- Access
- No restrictions
Biographical/historical information
General Putnam was born in Michigan and was commissioned into the Marine Corps on March 5, 1926. As a Major he commanded Marine Fighting Squadron 211 which was assigned to Wake Island on 4 December 1941. On 23 December Wake Island was captured by Japanese Forces and Major Putnam and other Wake Island defenders were taken prisoners. He remained in a Japanese POW camp from December 1941 until September 1945.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift of Paul Albert Putnam
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
1926-1945
Key terms
Personal Names
Putnam, Paul Albert
Corporate Names
United States. Marine Corps--Aviation
United States. Marine Corps--Officers
Topical
Wake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
Places
Nicaragua--History, Military--20th century