Marion L. Shinn Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Marion L. Shinn

State of Birth:

IN

Home State:

ID

Gender:

Male

Race:

Unspecified

War or Conflict:

World War, 1939-1945

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1942-1945

Entrance into Service:

Enlisted

Branch of Service:

Navy

Unit of Service:

USS Guavina (SS 362)

Location of Service:

Boise, Idaho; Bremerton, Washington; New London, Connecticut; Mare Island, California; Marshall Islands; Palau; Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands); Australia; Philippines; South China Sea; Pacific Theater

Highest Rank:

Radar Technician Second Class

Prisoner of War:

No

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] --Typewritten document

Audio: Audio Cassette [0 item] --Reference copy

Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Periodicals [2 items] --Typewritten document

Audio: CD [1 item] --Oral history interview

Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] --Oral history interview

Photograph: Original photographic print [2 items] --Photograph

Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] --Electronic file of interview transcript

Audio: CD [2 items] --Reference copy

Interviewer:

Margaret Powell

Contributor:

Margaret Powell

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/2388

Subjects:

Shinn, Marion L.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives
United States. Navy.

Cite as:

Marion L. Shinn Collection
(AFC/2001/001/2388), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress