James "Jim" Stokes World War II Interview

James "Jim" Stokes World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History, Military.

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

World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area

United States. Navy -- History.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island.

James A. “Jim” Stokes served in the United States Navy on the USS Erben, Third Fleet, from 1943 to 1946. Interviewed by Kristen Miller on August 30, 2002, as part of the Kansas Veterans History Project, Stokes talked about his military experiences during the Second World War. Stokes was born on August 11, 1923, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Stokes attended North Carolina State University and was in the ROTC. After joining the Navy, he went to Midshipmen training at Cornell University. He then went to the Pacific, where he took part in the campaigns in Okinawa and Tokyo. He was discharged on June 11, 1946.

Stokes, James A. "Jim"

Kansas Veterans History Project

American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

2002-08-30

Miller, Kristen

Kansas State Historical Society

To access the video recording of this oral history, go to: https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.04714/

A transcript of another interview with Stokes is available through the Kansas Memory Digital Collection: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/218577

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

Stokes Interview

1943 - 1946

Miller, Kristen

Stokes, James "Jim"

Topeka (Kan.)

VHS

1:02:32

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