John Clifford World War II Interview

John Clifford World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States

United States -- History, Military.

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

United States. Army.

Lawrence (Kan.) -- Oral history.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area.

John Clifford served in the United States Army from 1941 to 1946. Interviewed by Pattie Johnston on August 28, 2007, Clifford talked about his experiences during and after the Second World War. Clifford was born in Springfield, Illinois, on October 19, 1918. He was drafted into the Army in 1941. He was first assigned to a film school at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, and then worked as a clerk in the battalion headquarters at Camp Crowder, Missouri. He later joined a hospital company at Fort Leonard Wood. After going overseas, his company built a hospital in Hollandia. Clifford then went to Manila Bay in the Philippines. Following the war, he attended Marian Elwood’s Hollywood School for Writing to continue his writing career that began before he was drafted. After completing the school, he moved back to Kansas and attended Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, Kansas. Clifford taught high school journalism in Lawrence and worked as a copy editor for the Topeka Daily Capital. He then got a job at Centron Films, where he worked for the next twenty-three years. While there, he wrote the horror film, Carnival of Souls. He also authored a novel, The Shooting of Storey James.

Clifford, John

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

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2007-08-28

Johnston, Pattie

Kansas State Historical Society

The original copy of this video is available through the Lawrence Public Library. The Watkins Museum of History and the Kansas State Historical Society also have interviews associated with this project, which was funded through a grant program passed by the Kansas State Legislature in 2005. This interview can be used freely for purposes beyond educational or scholarly research. Contact the Watkins Museum of History for additional information: https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/

To access the video recording of this oral history, go to: https://archive.org/details/clifford-john-wwii-interview-20070828

The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.

Transcripts for this project are available through the Kansas Memory Digital Collection: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/214315

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

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Oral History

Clifford_John WWII Interview 20070828

New Guinea

1941 - 2007

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Johnston, Pattie

Clifford, John

Douglas County (Kan.)