John Glinka World War II Interview

John Glinka World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History, Military.

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

United States. Army.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.

John Glinka served in the United States Army (106th Signal Corps Service) from 1942 to 1945. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston as part of the Lawrence Remembers the World War II Years Project, Glinka talked about his experiences during the Second World War. Glinka was born on May 24, 1920, in Kansas City, Kansas. He graduated high school in 1938. He volunteered for the Signal Corps in 1942. He attended training at Paine Field in Washington and then went to radio repair school in Chicago. He served throughout the Pacific theater in Guadalcanal, Morotai, the Philippines, and Okinawa. Following the war, he went to Emporia State Teachers College. He then worked at the University of Kansas Libraries until he retired in 1984. Glinka passed away on July 28, 2012.

Glinka, John

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

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

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Johnston, Pattie

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/glinka-john-wwii-interview

Obituary: https://obituaries.ljworld.com/obituaries/ljworld/obituary.aspx?n=john-louis-glinka&pid=158837408

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

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

Glinka_John WWII Interview

Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)

1942 - 1945

Johnston, Pattie

Glinka, John

Lawrence (Kan.)

VHS

1:02:11

221 kbit/s (audio)

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