Roy "Bud" Moore World War II Interview

Roy "Bud" Moore World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History, Military.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Interviews.

Lawrence (Kan.) -- Oral history.

United States. Navy -- History.

Roy “Bud” Moore enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 (Seaman First Class). He served on the USS Guadalcanal and the Coral Sea as part of an anti-submarine tactical force. Interviewed by Brian Grubbs on September 27, 2006, Moore talked about his military experiences during the Second World War. Moore was born on March 3, 1926, in Kansas City, Kansas. He enlisted in the Navy on March 25, 1943, and attended basic training in Farragut, Idaho. He spent most of his service patrolling the North and Northeast Atlantic Ocean for submarines. He was on board the USS Guadalcanal when they captured a German submarine, the U-Boat 505, which is now at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Moore was discharged in 1950. He passed away on June 5, 2009.

Moore, Roy "Bud"

Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2006-09-27

Grubbs, Brian

Kansas State Historical Society

The original copy of this video is available through the Lawrence Public Library. The Watkins Museum of History and the Kansas State Historical Society also have interviews associated with this project, which was funded through a grant program passed by the Kansas State Legislature in 2005. Researchers are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions for uses other than educational or scholarly research. Contact the Watkins Museum of History for additional information: https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/

To access the video recording of this oral history, go to: https://archive.org/details/moore-roy-wwii-interview

Obituary: https://warrenmcelwain.com/obituary/Roy-Bud-W-Moore/

The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.

Transcripts for this project are available through the Kansas Memory Digital Collection: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/211744

Other resources for interviews with World War II veterans are available through the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project: https://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.htm

MP4

eng

Oral History

Moore_Roy WWII Interview

North Atlantic Ocean

1943 - 1950

Grubbs, Brian

Moore, Roy

Douglas County (Kan.)

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1:03:04

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