Title: Thomas N. Parlon Oral History

Date/Date Range :   2000

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of an April 27, 2000 interview with Thomas N. Parlon for the Veteran's Oral History Project at the Center for the Study of War and Society, Department of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Parlon discusses his participation in the National Guard and his service in the Pacific.

Call number: MS-2645

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was donated to Special Collections by Thomas N. Parlon on June 26, 2002.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Thomas N. Parlon Oral History, MS-2645. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Thomas N. Parlon was born June 29, 1912 on a farm near Lafayette, Indiana. He joined the National Guard in 1926 at the age of fourteen as a trumpet player (for 3 years). In 1939 he joined the Navy, and later served as an Armed Guard Officer on the S.S. William K. Vanderbilt.

This collection consists of an April 27, 2000 interview with Thomas N. Parlon for the Veteran's Oral History Project at the Center for the Study of War and Society, Department of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Parlon discusses his participation in the National Guard and his service in the Pacific.

• Parlon, Thomas N., 1912-.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
• United States. Navy.