Irving Waugh Collection: Veterans History Project (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)

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	Irving Waugh Collection
	Biographical Information Name: Irving Cambridge Waugh, Jr. Date of Birth: 1912 Place of Birth: Danville, VA Gender: Male Race: Unspecified Home State: TN War or Conflict: World War II, 1939-1946 Status: Civilian Location of Service: Luzon, Philippine Islands; Tokyo Bay and other locations, Japan Prisoner of War: Unknown Service Related Injury: 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 Donor: Linda Barnickel Donor Affiliation/Organization: Nashville Room, Nashville Public Library Collection #: AFC/2001/001/23081 Subjects: Waugh, Irving World War II, 1939-1946 -- Personal Narratives Cite as: Irving Waugh Collection (AFC/2001/001/23081), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Repository Location: Nashville Room, Nashville Public Library

Irving Waugh Collection

Biographical Information

Gender:: Male
Race:: Unspecified
Home State:: TN
War or Conflict:: World War II, 1939-1946
Status:: Civilian
Location of Service:: Luzon, Philippine Islands; Tokyo Bay and other locations, Japan
Prisoner of War:: Unknown
Service Related Injury:: 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
Donor:: Linda Barnickel
Donor Affiliation/Organization:: Nashville Room, Nashville Public Library
Collection #:: AFC/2001/001/23081
Subjects:: Waugh, Irving
World War II, 1939-1946 -- Personal Narratives
Cite as:: Irving Waugh Collection (AFC/2001/001/23081), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Repository Location:: Nashville Room, Nashville Public Library