James Albert Day Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

James Albert Day

State of Birth:

MI

Home State:

MI

Note:

Veteran's biographical form lists race/ethnicity as Scotch-German.

Gender:

Male

Race:

Other

War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1943-1945

Entrance into Service:

Enlisted

Branch of Service:

Navy

Unit of Service:

USS Santee (CVE 29); VT 24 (Torpedo Squadron), Air Group 24

Location of Service:

Ontario, Oregon; Spokane, Washington; St. Mary's College, Livermore and San Diego, California; Corpus Christi, Texas; Opa-Locka, Florida; Naval Air Station (NAS) Glenview, Illinois; Guam (Mariana Islands); Philippines; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Japan

Highest Rank:

Lieutenant Junior Grade

Prisoner of War:

No

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Manuscript: Biographical information [1 item] --Handwritten document

Video: DVD [1 item] --Oral history interview

Interviewer:

Jennifer Ferro

Contributor:

Carol Lingeman

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Sterling Heights Public Library

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/50317

Subjects:

Day, James Albert
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Navy.

Cite as:

James Albert Day Collection
(AFC/2001/001/50317), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress