Interview with Grace Lydia "Gracie" (Baker) Traynor

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Grace Traynor talks about her son Harold Baker Wood and his service as a Boatswain’s Mate aboard the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. She discusses her son’s death during the attack and subsequent medals he received. She speaks about the enlistment of her sons in the armed forces during the Great Depression, when jobs were scarce, and about their lives in Grand Junction as young adults. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.

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Title: Interview with Grace Lydia "Gracie" (Baker) Traynor
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Subject: Grand Junction (Colo.) -- History, Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941, United States. Navy, Veterans -- United States, United States. Navy -- Boatswain's mates, World War (1939-1945), World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties
Description: Grace Traynor talks about her son Harold Baker Wood and his service as a Boatswain’s Mate aboard the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. She discusses her son’s death during the attack and subsequent medals he received. She speaks about the enlistment of her sons in the armed forces during the Great Depression, when jobs were scarce, and about their lives in Grand Junction as young adults. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.
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Date: September 8, 1982-, October 11, 2022
Type: Voice Recording
Format: 1 MP3 audio file (16:06) digitized from source material (Interview 561: Audiocassette 1); No transcript.
Identifier: mesa:1716, : OH 561 Traynor, Grace E.
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Language: English
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Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=enlocalorganization:2Mesa County Librariesorganization:1040Museums of Western ColoradoThis item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). For rights management and/or licensing questions, please see http://www.copyright.gov/title17/ or http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/copyright-law Other inquiries may be sent to the Lloyd Files Research Library at the Museums of Western Colorado: https://museumofwesternco.com/contact/ Or Mesa County Libraries: https://mesacountylibraries.org/aboutus/contact/English

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Interview with Grace Lydia "Gracie" (Baker) Traynor

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