Irving Cambridge Waugh, Jr. Collection

Biographical Information

Gender:

Male

Race:

Unspecified

War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Civilian

Location of Service:

Luzon, Philippine Islands; Tokyo Bay and other locations, Japan

Prisoner of War:

Unknown

Service History Note:

Civilian was correspondent for WSM, a Nashville, Tennessee radio station, covering the 32nd Division's activities on Luzon; was a member of General Douglas MacArthur's press corps, following events in the Philippines, Okinawa, and Japan; made first network broadcast from Japan, aboard a B-17 bomber at Atsugi airfield; witnessed Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri.

Collection Information

Interviewer:

Ronnie Pugh

Contributor:

Linda Barnickel

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Nashville Room   Nashville Public Library

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/23081

Subjects:

Waugh Jr., Irving Cambridge
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives

Cite as:

Irving Cambridge Waugh, Jr. Collection
(AFC/2001/001/23081), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress