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Rutgers Oral History Archives

  • College/Year: AG '44
  • Links to Oral History Sessions: Baker, Irvin (May 26, 2000)
  • Conflict(s): World War II
  • Military Branch & Unit: Marine Corps
  • Theater(s): Pacific
  • Marines Division: 4th Marine
  • Marine Corps Regiment: 24th Marine; 25th Marine
  • Marine Corps Battalion: 24th Replacement Battalion; 2nd Battalion; 10th Amtrac Battalion
  • Marine Corps Company: B Company; HQ Company
  • Marine Corps Other: 2nd Amtrac Group; Fleet Marine Force

Description:

Mr. Baker, a Marine officer, served with an Amtrac unit during the Iwo Jima operation. He was born in Akron, Ohio and raised on a farm in Estelle Manor, Atlantic County. His mother's father owned a large chicken farm in Estelle Manor. He attended elementary school in a one room classroom school before moving to Atlantic City where he attended high school. He goes into detail about moving from Estelle Manor to Atlantic City and the diversity of the two areas. He came to Rutgers in 1940, majoring in Agriculture and Agronomy. After World War II, he came back to Rutgers and graduated in 1947. He got married in Atlantic City in 1947. He worked for Allied Chemical Corporation as a Salesman and was executive of the Seacoast Laboratories until his retirement.

Targum Cover 11 22 1963a

 

"HERE IS A BULLETIN...": Memories of the Day Camelot Died

 

This month marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.

Images from that day and the events that followed remain etched in our collective consciousness—the open-top Presidential limo traveling down the people-lined streets of Dallas; President Lyndon Baines Johnson taking the oath of office on Air Force One beside a shaken First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; John, Jr. saluting his father's passing casket at the funeral in DC.

Those who lived through that traumatic period can recall both their initial shock and the nuances of their reactions.

In "HERE IS A BULLETIN...": Memories of the Day Camelot Died, ROHA presents a sampling of stories related to the Kennedy tragedy, a touchstone event for multiple generations.

The Rutgers Targum (campus newspaper) cover from its November 22, 1963 issue. (Image courtesy of Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.)

 

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Voices of Veterans

 

Voices of Veterans is an online exhibit showcasing passages from oral history interviews of veterans who served in the Second World War and in wars in Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan. ROHA created this exhibit in commemoration of Pearl Harbor Day, December 7, 1941.

CLICK HERE TO VISIT MORE ONLINE EXHIBITS 

 

 

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