| Interviewee | CLEMENS, JOHN J. (b. 1921) |
| Military Service | U.S. Navy WWII Veteran |
| Interview ID # | OH 1572 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Childhood and early adulthood in Houston, Texas; education at Rice Institute. World War II-era service in U.S. Navy aboard the USS Turner; convoy missions across the Atlantic Ocean; January 4, 1944, sinking of the Turner while moored in New York Harbor and court of inquiry regarding the sinking; service aboard USS Wren in Pacific Theater, including actions in the Aleutian Islands, Attu, Okinawa, and Philippine campaigns and anti-kamikaze warfare; piloting ship into Tokyo Bay immediately following the Japanese surrender; account of effects Allied bombing campaign had on Tokyo. |
| Interviewer(s) | William Alexander |
| Physical Description | 84 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
