Interview with James J. Saul 05/11/1988
1988.051
Creator
Pitts, Bill (Interviewer) [Recorded in Kansas City, Missouri]
Language
Transcript for this interview is available
Extent (quantity/size)
47 minutes
Subjects
Military / Oklahoma (Battleship) / Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 / United States -- Armed Forces / World War, 1939-1945
Descriptive Notes
James J. Saul was born in Salem, Virginia. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1939. He describes his experiences in training, on the USS Oklahoma, and on the 6th of December. Saul also describes the attack on Pearl Harbor and his escape through a small port hole in the washroom of the Oklahoma.