Leland Grammer World War II Interview

Leland Grammer World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History -- 1933-1945.

United States -- History, Military.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Interviews.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.

Leland Grammer enlisted in the United States Navy in October 1942. Interviewed on August 26, 2003, by Pattie Johnston as part of the Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project, Grammer talked about his experiences during the Second World War. Grammer was born on March 3, 1915, in Nebraska. Upon enlisting in the Navy, he went to Great Lakes Naval Training Station. He also attended a sixteen-week Naval course at the University of Kansas. Grammer discussed his time at KU. Following the course, Grammer became a machinist mate third class. Grammer was stationed at Pearl Harbor and served on the Ajax. He was discharged in 1946. After the war, he moved to Lawrence, Kansas, and worked at Miller Furniture until his retirement.

Grammer, Leland

Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2003-08-26

Johnston, Pattie

Kansas State Historical Society

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Transcripts for this project are available through the Kansas Memory Digital Collection: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/212300

Other resources for interviews with World War II veterans are available through the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project: https://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.htm

MP4

eng

Oral History

Grammer Interview

Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)

1942 - 1946

VHS

1:02:48

317 kbit/s (audio)

10317 kbit/s (video)

Johnston, Pattie

Grammer, Leland

Lawrence (Kan.)