Keith Edward Akins Collection

Biographical Information

Gender:

Male

Race:

Unspecified

War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1944-1946

Entrance into Service:

Enlisted

Branch of Service:

Navy

Unit of Service:

Naval Construction Battalion (NCB Seabees)

Location of Service:

San Diego, San Francisco, Camp Parks, and Port Hueneme, California; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands); Ulithi (Caroline Islands); Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands)

Highest Rank:

Petty Officer Second Class

Prisoner of War:

No

Service History Note:

Akins served as a mail clerk.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: Hi-8/Digital 8 [1 item] --Oral history interview

Interviewer:

William Cook

Contributor:

Beth Brown

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

VA Medical Center   Colmery-O'Neil   Topeka   Kansas

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/67505

Subjects:

Akins, Keith Edward
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Navy.

Cite as:

Keith Edward Akins Collection
(AFC/2001/001/67505), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress