Biographical Information

Name:

Raymond Albert Brittain

Date of Birth:

1921

Place of Birth:

San Diego, CA

Gender:

Male

Race:

Unspecified

Home State:

WY

War or Conflict:

World War II, 1939-1946

Status:

Veteran

Entrance into Service:

Enlisted

Branch of Service:

Navy

Unit of Service:

USS Tennessee, LST-17, LST-12

Location of Service:

Naval Training Station, San Diego, California; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Attu Island (Aleutian Islands); Coral Sea; Midway; Tarawa Atoll (Gilbert Islands); Kwajalein Island (Marshall Islands); Washington, DC; Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands); Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); Manila Bay (Philippines)

Battles/Campaigns:

Coral Sea, Midway, Tarawa, Kwajalein Atoll, Philippines

Highest Rank:

Fire Controlman Second Class

Prisoner of War:

Unknown

Service Related Injury:

Yes

Service History Note:

Veteran is a Pearl Harbor survivor. He served as a mess cook and as an anitaircraft director on a five-inch gun battery.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Audio: CD [1 item] --Reference copy

Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [5 items]

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

Audio: CD [0 item] --Reference copy

Interviewer:

Janet B. Hammond 

Donor:

Helen Reed

Donor Affiliation/Organization:

Park County Veterans History Project

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/9596

Subjects:

Brittain, Raymond
World War II, 1939-1946 -- Personal Narratives
United States. Navy.

Cite as:

Raymond Brittain Collection (AFC/2001/001/9596), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress